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The Chatham Record. - Q J “ PEDERSON Editor and Publisher f i Subscription Price i One Year 51.50 ' Six Months 75 ———— mm* M MM-H MlM***-**^ "* • THE KIND OF FARMING THAT PAYS Below will be found a dispatch ap pearing in some of the state papers , last week. It should be read by every Chatham county farmer. A twenty acre farm developed as has been the one told about in the dispatch would mean a good living for any Chatham farmer. 500 bushels of that corn sold to vigorous young porkers will furnish a real cash return that displaces the necessity for cotton or tobacco as a money crop, not to speak of the dairy and poultry products that should be found on a farm growing over 800 bushels of corn and legumes galore: Read: _ Lexington, Dec. 24. —Henry G. Ragan, of Silver Hill township, is perhaps the champion corji raiser of the county for 1926, the reports of the county farm agent, C. A. Shef field, indicate. Mr. Ragan produced 815 bushels of corn on nine and seven-eighths acres of upland on his farm a half dozen miles east of here. Six years ago Mr. Ragan purchased a farm and the first year this field produced an average of eight bushels of wheat per acre. He started grow ing legumes and on the next sowing the same field averaged 11 bushels of wheat per acre. Two years later, after a crop of clover had been turned under, the field averaged 34 bushels of wheat. This year was the first time he put it in corn, this following a year in which a crop of clover was turned under. HOW GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW It is not always certain that any good work is originally founded on the highest motive. The following clip ping from last week’s issue of Charity and Children shows a marvelous con tribution from the Lumberton Bap tist church to the Thomasville Orph anage, but the great oak of the present grew from a small acorn and it was planted in as much a spirit of rivalry as in good will to the orphans. It was about 25 years ago. The editor of the Record was a teacher of the older men’s class in the Lumberton Baptist Sunday School. It was the custom to take up a monthly collection for the orphanage. Superintendent R. D. Caldwell wanted to raise the sum of ten dollars monthly. The school reached that point one Sunday, or near it: A short time after that | Charity and Children , the Orphanage i paper, said that the Lumberton Sun- | day school exceeded every other Sun- j day school in the State in its contri bution. The writer reprinted the item and added in a joking way that if that were true then his. class led a 1 ! the classes in the state, as it led the classes of the Lumberton school. Frank Gough, since a prominent state senator, was teacher of the young men’s class. He had considerably more members, but not representing the wealth of the writer’s class. A rivalry began. Acually, Luther Cald well, now developed into a great worker as well as giver, gave five dol lars a month. Our class still led with close to ten dollars a month. The paragraph in Charity and Children also put the Scotland Neck school in the race, and for years the rivalry between the two schools was strong. The orphanage benefitted not only from the gifts of these two schools, but from the larger gifts from oth er schools, inspired or shamed by the Lumberton and Scotland Neck schools. Thus from a litt.e more or less faulty acorn has grown a great and wide-spreading oak. Read the clipping from the last ifeue of Charity and Children and see for yourself how big it is, and remember that the files of the Lumberton Argus and of Char ity and Children exist and can be ap pealed to for substantiation of this fishy story. The clipping follows: Mr. James D. Proctor, treasurer of the First Baptist church, of Lum berton, writes to our treasurer as follows: A Welcome Letter Dear Mr. Hamrick: I hand you herewith check for 81,116.09 to cover our Thanksgiving offering. This makes our grand to tal for the year $4,518.66, which is a litt’c more than S2OO in excess of our 1925 total. This is particularly gratifying to me in view of worse conditions that prevail in this sec tion this year. The east has been hard hit by the over production in the cotton crop and consequent low price. I hope that you are now being de luged with large checks and that January 1 will find you in the clear with something over to start off the New Year. With all good wishes, I am, Very truly yours. JAMES D. PROCTOR. V c are glad to receive this fine! letter from the treasurer of the cr.urch at Lumberton. While we.are not exactly deluged” with large checks, considering crop conditions in the east, which are altogether un favorable, the record so far from the c urches this Thanksgiving season, especially the churches in eastern North Carolina, is very good indeed. W e extend to our friends everv where our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. If it weren’t for the P’s a newspa per man could get along finely. 1 iinteis, papei house, power com pany, plate house, postage, pressman, must have cash. The last P in this <r. ;e, poor Peterson, must wait far his till the slow accounts are settled. Just remember this, p'ease, that slow pay ments all hurt just one fellow, and his folk. There is one man in the county who inowo ..jw more about what it means to make a paper. Mr. A. M. Goodwin and Mr. J. S. Mann were watching the maite-up .nursuay, cc ’ « uecided Uiat he w°a.d n-vtr is tne usual price of the county now. That is what J J °4he Asheboro i e Ca?t r fa g P f papers With larger towns tisinc>’ patronage and a hignm s r.cription rate, they have a big advan > tage over some of us-, and, accorcing lyflt should be a matter of concern to all our customers to be prompt 11 settlements at least. The article of Mr. R. R- Quoted in another article, not only confirms the state of affairs a quar ter of a century ago, as described by lus last week, but as an echo is a I perfect illustration of the manner in I which we asserted that a state-wide i influence was exerted by a sma.i country weekly. ___ We know how to spell “presump tuous” if it did appear “presump tious” last week despite writer, type setter and proof-reader. Quiescence was unrecognizable with an r m place of its “n”. Also “ammunition 'got transformed into “ambition. But (read an article in the current Dear i born Independent if you wish to see the possibilities of error in newspaper make-up despite the closest scrutiny. But usually the thing we are most anxious to see appear in good form fares worst. Not only did the fore going errors appear in our “Twenty- Live Years Ago,” but a column rule had to rise during the printing and dim a part of the article. | NEWS OF BENNET, ROUTE,2 Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jones and two sons of Asheboro were visitors in this community during Christmas visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Rossie Myrick were visitors in the home of her father, H. C. -Lambeth of near Beulah Sunday and Sunday night. # . Miss Zada Kennedy was a visitor in* the home of Miss Madie Kidd Sun day night. _ _ . . - Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Merick of Carthage were visitors on this route during Christmas visiting relatives, i i Miss Mary Kidd, teacher of Maness School of Moore county, is spending the holidays with homefolks on this route. ' , . I Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Myrick of this route are visiting her sister Mrs. Mary J. Boyd of Bear Creek Route Mr. Pate Phillips of Bear Creek is visiting in the home of his grand- : father of this route. There has been several weddings duiing the holidays. We extend to them our heartiest congratulations and wish them many years of happi ness. • i COMMUNITY SING A SUCCESS | | The joint song service of the ! churches, held under the auspices of the Music Department of the Woman's Club, Sunday evening, was a charm- , ing success. # ( The several church soups with lighted candles marched from the churches to the court house square, where a glowing star, furnished com- j plimentarily by the Carolina Power and Light Company, cast its signifi cant beams over those of the flichcr- j ing candles. it is estimated that about three hundred were present for the occas- > sion. Four Christmas songs, includ- i ing “Holy Night”, were beautifully i rendered. | The service was as impressive as ( significant. The clear starlight sky and moderated temprature conspired with the personnel to make the oc casion a successful one. Mrs. Victor R. Johnson, chairman of the Music Department of the Club, was director of the occasion, and as usual performed her duties in a most effectual manner. CLUB NOTES— On Thursday afternoon the Civic Department of the Woman’s Club met with Mesdames Geo. H. Brooks and W. Lee Farrell at the home of the former. After a short business session a de lightful program was given by the leacher-Training Class assisted by Mrs. Lester Farrell, whose saxaphone playing was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present. Following the program the hostes es served a delicious fruit salad an: hot coffee. On Tuesday night Mrs. Jas. L Griffin, president of the Woman . C-üb, ( entertained the members of he. executive board at a beautifully ap pointed buffet supper in four course. xhe home was most attractively deco rated in keeping with the Christina oeason the color scheme of red an green being most effectively carrie. .lit. At each plate was a beautiful han made handkerchief and Christum m.rd on which was written a person. ,vish for each guest. Immediately a tor supper a business session wo - e -d, following which, bridge w, _njoyed until a late hour. Under the able leadership of Mi\ y victor R. Johnson, chairman of vo ( Department of the Woman J ub the first observance of the beau :.ful custom of singing Christmr arois was observed in the Cour -louse square Sunday night. More than a hundred people toe )art in the beautiful and impressiv ei'vice. The Music Department c ho Woman’s Club will make this yearly Christmas affair. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC We the undersigned busines; institutions of Pittsboro will start upon a strictly cash bash on January 1. “We sell for cash , But sell for less.” Cornwallis Filling Station A. B. Filling Station West End Supply Co. Chatham Hardware Co. ■ < cvv * i Yii j W.Dpennyp^cJier I was the usual grinding of l iron rails and a burr and pres- I sure en the ears, as a long train, ! inbound from Boston, entered the tun- J nel and made its way to the great j terminal at Thirty-third street. As is always the case immediately before or after Christmas, the cars were crowd -1 ed with persons going to their homes or coming from some big holiday cele bration and, as is also the case at such times, everyone was in good hu mor. i As the door swung open and red capped porters met the heavily loaded travelers, there was the rush of a great, sweeping crowd past Jack Del mer, as he stood a moment waiting to get his direction. He looked up. It was but a moment he had paused. He must go with the crowd —must follow them. Soon he had traversed the long platform, ascended a flight of stairs to another train level, and found him- I self seated again in a great steel coach. Passengers were coming on rapidly. Men, women and children were in the crowd. There were the well-do-do (or apparently so) as well as the poor ly clad. But in spite of class, or con dition, or age, the holiday spirit was still present with the crowd. But for that spirit, of course, there might have been friction and bickering and dissension among the crowd, j A man with a sense of humor and something of a tinge of irreverence once remarked that God could under stand men. He was sure of that. I But he doubted that He could under stand a whole car full of them. • It was a motley crowd, it is true. One wondered, naturally, whence they came and whither they were going. | \t last, the car was about full. It was but one minute to starting time. The sound of the testing of air brakes was heard. Conductors, brakemen and porters stood ready when the signal was given, to come aboard, close the | vestibule doors and take their places, j Just as the words “all aboard” were heard along the line, a young woman entered the car. She had raced for the train and was out of breath. She was not flustered or perturbed, how j ever. She stood in the aisle when the train started and looked toward the rear. .Tack wondered where she would gravitate. j Every seat in the car, save his, as far as he could see, had its quota of two. She had passed this. 1 Jack instinctively said to himself: “Wish she'd come here. I'd much j rather sit with a nice looking girl next j me than have some crude foreigner, j reeking with the smell of onions, as ' a seat mate for the next three or four hours.” His intentions were good. He was merely being honest with himself. Suddenly the girl turned. A pair of quick, blight brown eyes detected the vacant seat, and the girl moved to ward it. Jack’s eyes were as quick as hers. In a first glance he surveyed the girl from head to foot. As she seated herself calmly beside him, he could have made an inventory of most of her wardrobe and belongings. He didn’t miss the skating boots and skates, and the fine hockey stick she had with her. How could he! In stinctively lie sensed that the young woman was the kind whose compan- The Car Was About Full. ionship he could enjoy. He knew she was a refined and an educated girl. Refinement was written in every mo tion of her body, and education and understanding in her features. She loved pleasure. He could see that, too. Her natty sports costume told that plainly. The train rolled on. The tunnels were passed. Suddenly Jack grew more courageous and ventured: “You’ve been having a good time, I see.” “I have, indeed,” she replied; and every intonation and inflection bespoke the lady. Perhaps Jack’s appearance be tokened a relatively high social train ing. There was no fear or apprehen sion in her voice. “Just the loveliest time,” she continued, “a holiday house party on the Hudson. And what could have been more fun!” i * enriK ‘d hen of the skating, skiing, toboggan g and a score of skC . , \in 4 KECUKU other winter-time pleasures which the j girl had enjoyed. ! j “She has had a good time, I should ! say,” he thought to himself, after an- ' other look in which he studied her carefully, almost analytically, “and she has helped to give a good time, too, I’ll warrant.” The train sped on. Conversation lagged, and both dozed. Cinders rat tled down upon the ‘car roof with the patter of a brisk April shower. Suddenly the girl turned toward Jack with a startled expression upon her face and the query: “Is it rain ing?” ) Jack peered through the dirty pane. He could not determine. “I believe not,” he replied. The train sped on. Conversation became easier between the two. They felt as if they could be friends, If they were not already. The girl spoke more freely and fluently than the mah. But then —It’s a habit women | have. When there’s anything at all to talk about they will relate it in an interesting way—when there isn’t they can talk about that, *too. They have ! the genius! Anyway, she rattled along, her eyes lighting up with interest. She . had had a good time. Jack knew by the incidents she related and the ray I of pleasure in her voice as she spoke. 1 “I was expected home in Philadel phia,” she said, “on the train leaving < New York at six o’clock. Father and Brother were to meet me. Perhaps j they’re still waiting!” she exclaimed. I hope not.” “She told of the good time she and a large crowd of friends had enjoyed on the snow-clad hills above Newburg, of coasting parties, and skating, and of dances that followed. She ex plained how, missing an earlier train, she had run over to Brooklyn to visit She Gave Another Look Toward Jack. an aunt and uncle, and how, because of this, she had missed still another train. Now she was troubled. Could Fa ther and Brother be* waiting yet—all these long hours —at the station for her? Her bosom heaved with a sigh. “Would they scold her?” she won* dered. Os course, they must be an noyed. but would they understand? She feared they might not. She be came restless. As the train neared the station she became more so. When the train slowed, preparatory to making its stop, she smiled at her traveling companion, remarked some thing about the monotony of a tire some journey being broken by her meeting him, picked up her neat bun dle of sporting paraphernalia, in cluding her new hockey stick, an<? passed out. As she stood on the platform wait ing for an elderly couple to precede her. she gave another look back to wards Jack; their eyes met in a sort of understanding, and she passed out to the dimly lighted station platform. **** - * * * “There,” he mused, “goes a fine girl, and one I would like to know.” They had not exchanged names or told any thing intimate about themselves. Pro priety had prevented that, and Jack felt sure—they both did, in sact —that they would never again meet. * * * * * * * It is a small world. Often in its rev olutions the “spot” falls on the same actors. One scarcely dare think* let alone say: “I will never see him or her again.” As soon say when you cast your dice: “It will never fall with a six up.” It will. You cannot say where, but you know that it will \ fall that way some time again. Jack didn’t know this then, but months afterward, as guest at a house party in the Poconos, lie looked into a face that seemed very familiar. Si- ( multaneously there was a sign of rec- ; ognition and an expression of glad- j ness. : We will not carry the story further. \ The reader knows what happens un- | der such circumstances, wTien youth f meets youth with a complete under- f standing. There may be tiny differ- j ences in expression, but the chief inci- f dents in the chapters are similar. It was the outgrowth of a Christ- I mas journey, but it brought to Jack i the beginning of one of his happiest ; I New Year’s. I (©, 1926, Western Newspaper Union.) Christmas Thoughts | He—You wouldn’t marry me for my \ money, would you, dear? She—N-n-no, but around Christmas £ it’s awfully tempting. jj 11 | Let’s Cooperate. 3 • ♦ 3 * At the beginning of the new year it is essenu i * a view of the circumstances, which are unusually diffu- ln ji that institutions and individuals lay plans to tide ove^H U ’ tj unpromising period of depressed prices. er i If this bank can help you in any way, we shall h p only too glad to avail ourselves of the opportunity be 8 Our one counsel to all may be expressed in g words—save and work. 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