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BUSHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 iIIHSAYSNO | CONFLICT TffIXT I ( HI lit 1! & STATE |„vernoroi : N^' ork Claims f That He ls Good Catho,ic 1 But Also Good American OF ■MARSHALL’S QUESTIONS ; That Decrees Applying j I To Church Relationship Do | Not Apply t 0 Relationship I of Catholics to Government I „ „ Anril 17. —Governor Al- 1 I Boston. AP ru . i I E Smith, of New York, inal t; r to the Atlantic Monthly, to- WL declared that he recognized no • Ever in the Roman Catholic E interfere with the opeia- l ns 0 f the constitution of' the states or the enforcement If the laws of the land. I The governor, a Roman Catholic, Ed potential candidate for the j Residency, wrote the letter to the | ■nagazine in reply to an open letter, Eblished in the Monthly last, H nth by Charles C. Marshall, New '' E:k lawyer and Episcopalian, who E’v d him a number of questions 1 ■ <w,>ret, defend and maintain the; Erica of the Catholic church to ; A, ? tate. Mr. Marshall has been Hlribed as an authority of canon I The govern or's interpretation of Hr. Marshall's questions is describ-i H in his letter, as follows: I "Taking your letter as a whole ; Hr.d reducing it to commonplace Hnglish. you imply that there is Bonnet between religious loyalty Ho the Catholic faith and patriotic ' Hoyalty to the United States.” I The governor declared that “ev- | Hrything that has happened to me j ■hiring my long public career leads I Hne to know that no such as that is Hrue." I Smith's Creed. I Governor Smith summoned up his H-'-vi as “an American Catholic” as Hoilows: m in the worship of God Hecording to the faith and practice j Bt the Roman Catholic church. I Hevognize no power in the institu- : H y; - °f my church to interfere with ! oerati ns of the constitution ■U ne Luted states or the enforce ■ °f the law of the land. I beiieve in absolute freedom of : for all men and in equal-1 ( Hv of all churches, all sects, and all,. belue the law as a matter I m r! oht and not as a matter of fa- j ’ Bor. I •• B believe in the absolute separa- ( B°n of church and state and in the ( E« en f°rcement of the provisions . B-U constitution that Congress B a! ! ma * :e n ° bi\v respecting an es- B°dshment of religion or prohibit- . Bs Ee fiee exercise thereof. Ifnt belit ' e at no tribunal of any 1 has any power to make any a U torce in the law of ■ than to establish ! Bv "/*' °- °Avn communicants B' nm It:s own church. I favors Public Schools. B U |,J; bei^ e in r he support of the ■ on ./ c : 001 a< one of the corner- Ev • 01 Ameriean liberty. I be- I, t .L. l ‘ M'ht of every parent Ecarlu Whethpr bis chikl shall be ■L m tiic P u blic school or in ,' U ' "ooo'd supported by his own faith. Hteru. tUj 11 Principle of non- 1 ‘ C ®. by this country in the Bid that ot ' otber nations ■ a ?ainVr stank steadfast >U(-n interference by j Boel': ev ° U - ! u i!lay be urged. And I common brother- Bt:h.-. r ’ r - der the common ■ ~T Df God II n thy sr,;-;. r ■ ■ BnK.-i-;,., ns U L ,iol n with fellow ■ !„■. 1 ati creeds in a fer pi aver tiv ■ + BuandAviii. never again in ‘ ‘ ,inj Public servant be Bleb of the faith in B ith God’’' ' d t 0 Walk bumbly BUr* Vvrot^ at tke start b i s 'th'r 011 ‘ impute ’ to j Bid by *-l ,lcs v iews which, if i royalty and devotion! TV Chatham Record Waters To Be The Next Principal At a meeting of the Pittsboro school board last Friday, J. S. Waters, who has been assistant in the high school for the past three years, was chosen principal to suc ceed A. V. Nolan, who as announced last week, will go to Old Fort. ' Mrs. Geo. H. Brooks, who has served acceptably for some time as one of the high school teachers, was chosen as assistant principal. The other members of the faculty for the next term are to be chosen later. Mr. Waters is a graduate of the University and is a capable young man. to this country and its constitution of more than 20,000,000 American Catholic citizens. lam grateful to you for defining this issue in the open and for your courteous ex pression of the satisfaction it will bring to my fellow citizens for me to give ‘a disclaimer of the convic tions’ thus imputed. Challenge To Patriotism. “Without mental reservation I can and do make that disclaimer. These convictions are held neither by me nor by any other American Catholic, as far as I know. Before answering the argument of your letter, however, I must dispose of one of its implications. You put your questions to me in connection with my candidacy for the office of President of the United States. My attitude with respect of that was fully stated in my last inaugural address as governor.” Here follows a quotation in which the governor declares that while he is not indifferent to the high honor of the presidency he will make no effort toward secur ing it than by trying to execute the duties of governor in such manner as to show that he is worthy of the higher honor. “After giving his interpretation of Mr. Marshall’s letter and stat ing that there was no conflict be tween religious loyalty and patriot ic loyalty, the governor said: No Conflict. “I have taken the oath of office in this state 19 times. Each time I swore to defend and maintain the constitution of the United States. ~ * I have never known any conflict between my official duties and my religious belief. No such conflict could exist. Certainly the people of this state recognize no such conflict. They have testified to my devotion to public duty by electing me to the highest office within their gift four times. * * * During the year I have discharged these trusts I have been a com municant of the Roman Catholic church. If there were conflict, I of all men, could not have escaped it, because I have not been a si lent man, but a battler for social and political reform. These bat tles would in their very nature dis close this conflict if there were any. “I regard public education as one of the foremost functions of government, and I have supported to the last degree the stated depart ment of education in every effort to promote our public school sys tem. * * * My aim—and I may say I have succeeded in achieving it—has been legislation for child welfare, the protection of working men, women, and children, and modernization of the state’s insti tutions for the care of the helpless or unfortunate wards, the pre servation of freedom of speech and opinion against the attack of war time hysteria and the complete re organization of the structure of the government of the state. Battles For The People. “I did not struggle for these things for any single element, but in the interests of all the eleven million people - who make up the state. In all this work I had the support of churches of all denom inations. I probably know as many ecclesiastics of my church as any other layman. During my long and active career I have never received from any of them anything except encouragement in the full and com ! plete discharge of my duty to the ! state. Moreover, lam unable to l (Continued on page 5) PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, APR. 21, 1927 GOLDSTON NEWS Mr. Alton Goldston, of the Uni versity of North Carolina spent the Easter holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Goldston. Mr. Goldston is studying to be a medi cal doctcr, and it is his senior year at the University. Mr. Milton Garner a university student spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garner. Messrs. Howard Oldham and Manly Oldham of State College spent the Easter holidays at their homes. Miss Wilma Garner a teacher in one of the Charlotte schools spent the holidays with her parents. Mr. Hoghey Alexander of Dur ham, spent the holidays here with his parents, Edgar Alexander,and aunt, Mrs. J. J. Harris. Miss Elizabeth Blair of Pittsboro spent the weekend with her cousin, Miss Addie May Goldston. The Goldston school closes next Monday, April the twenty-fifth. Examinations are on this week. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Phillips of Greensboro spent the week-end with his parents. v Mrs. B. N. Gilmore of Virginia is also here on a visit. School ran on the same schedule Easter Monday, After school, Miss Edith Roberts and Miss Ola Har mon gave their pupils an Easter egg hunt which was very enjoyable. Mildred Daurity, a fifth grade pu pil. was presented a prize for find ing the largest number of eggs. Mr. and Mrs. James Goldston en-‘ tertained the members of the school faculty at a sumptuous din ner Easter Sunday in their attrac tive new home. Miss Nell Cheek of Meredith college was also a guest for dinner. Miss Cheek finishes in piano mu sic this spring. The many friends of Mr. Noah Cheek were saddened when they learned of his death which took place at his home here, Friday, April 15th. Mr. Cheek was born Jan. 4th., 1848, died April 15th, 1927. He was twice married, first to Miss Smith,, to which union ■ were born 12 children, seven of whom are living. His second wife was Miss Mat tie Moffitt, and to this union were V { born nine children, eight of them surviving. The widow also sur vives. The surviving children by the first marriage are: J. R. Cheek, Barnwell, S. C.; W. B. Cheek, Chapel Hill; J. C. Cheek, Rock well; Mrs. Luther Womble, Siler City-; Mrs. M. L. Phillips, Bonlee; Mrs. J. L. Jordan,, Liberty; Mrs. -G. B. Rieves, Goldston. The children by the second mar riage: Troy M. Cheek, Bear Creek; Mrs. A. D. Craig, Wilmington; Mrs. D. C. Ritter, West End; Miss Gayle Cheek, Benson; J. K. Cheek, Galax, Va., and Hurley, Samuel and Vernon Cheek, of Goldston. Mr. Cheek was a member of the Baptist church. He was a Confed erate Veteran, being a private in Company H. 70th Regiment, N.‘ C. “Junior Reserves,” and was wound ed at the battle of Kinston, near the close of the war, being 17 years old at the time. All the fifteen surviving children were present at the funeral Twelve were at bedside when death came. The funeral and interment were at Goldston, on Easter Sunday. The funeral services took place at the Methodist church, conducted by Rev. Mr. Chaffin, and Rev. James Barclay, of Pittsboro. The grave was covered with a number of beautiful floral designs, among them was a beautiful design given by the principal of the school and the tenth and eleventh grades, and one by the seventh grade. Mr. Cheek lived a long and use ful life. He has reared two fam ilies of noble sons and daughters, s While nature was filled with its beautiful, with the many buds and blossoms, which scent the air ev erywhere, so was the soul of Mr. Cheek transferred from earth to Heaven where there is more beau , ty and perfect peace. , It is sad to part with loved ones, even though we know they have lived out their days, but there is a A. A. Cotner, of Siler City, Died Tuesday Mr. A. A. Cotner, for thirteen years the highly esteemed miller at the Bynum mill, died Tuesday morning at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. George Gee, near Siler City, and was buried Wednesday afternoon at Love’s Creek Baptist church. Mr. Cotner was 67 years of age, and was most highly es teemed as neighbor and citizen. He is the father of Mr. W. D. Cotner, who is known here as an employe of the firm of Connell and John son. > Mr. Noah Cheek Os Goldston, Passes Mr. Noah Cheek, an aged and most highly respected citizen of Goldston, died the latter part of the week and was buried Sunday morning. Mr. Cheek was the fa ther of 21 children, fifteen of whom survive. Among the sur vivors are Mr. W. B. Cheek, who made such a good run for the legis lature last year. TAX ASSESSORS FOR TOWNSHIPS Mr. J. S. Wrenn, recently ap pointed county assessor- by the board of county commissioners, has appointed the following good citi zens as township assessors: Township Assessor Albright ‘ J. B. Ingle Baldwin C. B. Smith Bear Creek R. A. Phillips Cape Fear J. M. Craven Center H. W. Farrell Gulf D. T. Brooks Hadley J. A. Perry Haw River W. H. Lassiter Hickory Mt. W. H. Ferguson Matthews J. A. Dark New Hope D. L. Thomas Oakland C. M. Pattishall Williams J. A. Shadrach THE COTTON PARADE. Quite a number of Pittsboro ladies and girls were participitants in the Cotton Parade Tuesday ev ening, when prizes were to be awarded for the prettiest cotton dresses worn by mature lady, high school girl, and small girl. As | this is written just as the parade is preparing in order to get it to Lhe printer, it may be that the names of the winners cannot be given this week. The parade was under the auspices of Miss Col trane, teacher of the teacher-train ing class in the Pittsboro high school. The winners , Mrs. E. A. Farrell, Margaret Hoone Brooks, and Walker Blair, who beat the lit tle girls. I The Elkins Go To Fredericksburg, Va. (Written for last week’s paper) Their friends regret the early departure of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. El kins, of Siler City, for Fredericks burg, Va., where they will pursue the undertakers’ business. Mrs. Elkins is a native of Chatham. A few years ago she and her husband returned to Siler City and publish ed the Grit. After the sale of that paper to C. G. Shaw, they contin ued doing a job print-business, and also opened a funeral parlor and conducted an undertaking business. A year or two ago, Mrs. Elkins took a course in embalming. Too few people die in Chatham to make the undertaking business a booming success, and they have sold out both the print and the funeral busi ness and are moving to Fredericks burg, Va., where more folks die. Mrs. Elkins has been very active in civic affairs during her stay in Siler City. She has served on the school board. She has been one of the leading spirits in the establish ments of the Chatham county fair, serving efficiently as secretary and treasurer. In short, their removal is a serious loss to the county. consolation that we hope to meet again. May this large family live as Christ would have them live, and they will be ready when the sum mons comes. MONCURE NEWS Mrs. Maoy Ban\nge*\ the teach er of the primary class of the Meth odist S. S., gave the little folks an egg hunt at her home this morn ing between nine and ten o’clock. Her large class of little boys and girls seemed to enjoy and appre ciate the hunt very much. The teacher of the little folks of the Baptist church gave an egg hunt this p. m. at three o’clock. Some of the boys and young men of Moncure went to Bucktom to enjoy Easter. Mrs. W. W. Steilman, the teacher of the junior class . of boys and girls at the Methodist Sunday school took her class on a picnic at the lower gut of Deep river. First we enjoyed getting poles and ev erything in readiness for fishing, then we fished awhile, but we had no luck in catching fish. Next a nice dinner was spread near the banks of the river and enjoyed by all present. Then Easter eggs were hid by Mesdamas J. W. Womble and W. W. Stedman and the girls and boys had much fun in finding the eggs. Misses Dorothy Lambeth, Nellie Womble hid them the second time and all seemed to enjoy finding the eggs. After the eggs were passed around to each one until all were gone, the class w Y entTkcdaking and several pictures were taken. After which all got in ; cars and left for home each one I saying that they had had a pleas ] ant time. | Miss Chez Holt of Fuquay Springs spent the week-end and I Easter with Miss Lucile Wicker. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Self spent the week-end and Easter with their parents near Siler City. Miss Virginia Cathell has return ed from a visit to relatives at Lex ; ington. Miss Sockwell of Greenville, N. ; C., is visiting her sister, Miss Mamie Sockwell, this week. The Easter service which was j given by the Epworth Leaguers, i last Sunday evening was enjoyed joy the large crowd present. The i decorations were pretty and suit able for the springtime and Easter. The main thought brought out by the appropriate program was “Christ is Risen and Behold He Liveth.” The program was ren dered well by the leaguers and the i choir sang some pretty Easter songs. ! Mr. Neal Hanner a member of i Sanford Epworth League gavt a j splendid address on, “What Easter Means to Us.” Miss Hassell of Roanoke, Va., is a guest at Capt. J. H. Wissler's home this week. Capt. Wissler and friends spent today, Easter, Monday at Buck horn, Captain states that he caught a nice mess .of fish and enjoyed the day fine. The following Elon College boys spent last week-end and Easter at home with parents: Messrs. Sam and Clarence Crutchfield, Jennings and Glenn Womble, Evan Ray and James UUey, Mr. R. W. Utley who is teaching near Liberty, also spent Easter at home. Miss Elizabeth Farrell who has a position with Page Trust Com pany at Aberdeen, spent Easter at home with her mother. The music recital undej* the di rection of Mrs. John Bell, Jr., teacher, given at the school audi torium last Friday evening was a success in every way and enjoyed by the large crowd present. I Birthday Dinner. Mr. B. M. Sanders was gratified Sunday when a goodly crowd of his relatives and friends came in bringing a big dinner with which to celebrate his 75th birthday. There were fifty or seventy-five present, including several from Durham, and a real dinner was en joyed by the host and all present. It was quite a surprise to the aged citizen, and accordingly the more gratifying. ; Easter was a real holiday here. The Record man seemed about the i only fellow on main street that put [ in his usual day’s work. Much fish • ing and several picnics marked the day in the county. Fine Commencement Program Planned Dr. Maddry to Preach—R. B. House To Deliver Address. The commencement of the Pitts boro school is at hand. An excellent program has been planned. The sermon will be preached next Sun day, April 24, by Rev. Dr. Maddry, secretary of the Baptist State Mis sion Board and one of the most eloquent of North Carolina preach ers. Tomorrow evening, April 22, Mrs. Bynum’s music class will give a recital. Saturday evening, the senior play, under the auspices of Mrs. Brooks and Mr. Waters, will be given. Next Thursday is commence ment day, when Mr. R. B. House, executive secretary of the presi dent of the University, will deliver the address to the graduating class. The address will be followed by the presentation of diplomas to the grammar school and high school graduates. That evening at eight o’clock,the commencement play, under the auspices of Miss Allgood and Mrs. Horton will be given. Class Roll. The members of the high school graduating class are: Fred Noe, Roland Glenn, Kiah Henderson, Nannie Lanius, Martha Ray, Louise Petty, Mary Louise Burns, Sadie Brooks Johnson, Josephine Amick, Elizabeth Hern don, Lucille Harris, Mary Sue Poe, Charlotte Copeland, Louise Riddle, Wardie Johnson, Mary Frances Perry, Camilla Powell, Lucy Pierce. This is the closing of the third year under the principalship of Mr. Nolan. He leaves to go to Old Fort as principal, and Mr. Waters, who has served acceptably as as sistant principal, has been promot ed to the principalship for the next session, and Mrs. Brooks to the as sistant principalship. HORTON BROTHERS MEMORIAL SPEAKERS Senator W. B. Horton of Yancey ville, has accepted the invitation of the Daughters of the Confederacy to deliver the address here on Me morial Day, May 20, while his brother, Senator W. P. Horton, of Pittsboro, has been chosen by the Raleigh U.D.C. to deliver the ad dress at Raleigh on the same day. As formerly stated in these col umns, no members of the last leg islature made finer reputations than these two Chatham county men, such distinctions as their se lection for memorial day addresses prove our assertion. Already W. P. Horton is being talked by people in the state as a future governor. For instance, one of the prominent legislators from the western part of the state has been quoted by Mr. J. L. Griffin as stating that he would never be satisfied till he had voted for Horton for governor. It has been the west and the east. About 1923 it will be tim e for the central section to claim recogni tion. j THOSE BONDS. Readers will note the advertise ment of the immediate sale of Chatham county bonds to the amount of $50,000 by the board of commissioners, but may not under stand that this sale of bonds does not increase the bonded indebted ness of the county. On the other hand, it is to the financial advantage of the county. In 1919, $50,000 of Center township road bonds were sold, bearing six per cent, payable in 1955, but re deemable after 1925. An act of the last legislature enables the com missioners to sell 550,000 of refund ing bonds to take up the higher in terest bonds. The new bonds will bear 5 percent, and will probably bring a premium, thus giving the county the lower interest rate and the benefit of whatever premium they may bring. Also, the new bond issue will be serial, payable SI,OOO each year. I Subscribe to The Record, $1.50 for 12 months—ln advance, please. VOLUME NO. 49 FOUR GET LONG PRISON TERNS vjp ■*: Trial of Murderers of Sheriff Turner of Lee Results In Conviction of Davis, Mc- Avenue, Harrison And Robbins. NO IST-DEGREE VERDICT Davis and McAvenue Convict- A ed of Second Degree Murder Get 30 Years Each; Harri son and Robbing Get 20 and 10 Years On Verdict of Manslaughter. It was Easter morning when the Harnett county jury trying Bud Davis, Tom McAvenue, Malcom Harrison, and Parker Robbins for the murder of Sheriff J. L. Turner of Lee county returned their ver dict in open court at Sanford. They brought in a verdict of second-de gree murder for Davis and Mc- Avenue and manslaughter for Har rison and Robbins, making that early Easter morning practically a resurrection morning for Bud Da vis, who was almost sure of a sen tence to the chair. In fact, Judge Sinclair openly stated that the jury would have been justified by the evidence in convicting all four of first-degree murder. For ten days the trial had drag ged its rather monotonous way. It was near five o’clock Saturday ev ening when Solicitor C. L. Williams arose to make the final speech of a series of about a dozen. It was dusk when he completed his assault upon the defense, and court ad journed till eight-thirty, when Judge Sinclair delivered his charge to the jury. It was just about .midnight when the jury reported ready to render verdict, but as Judge Sinclair had gone to the ho tel and to bed it was between one and two o’clock Easter morning when the four prisoners heard the words that sentenced them to a total of 90 years of hard labor in the state prison. Davis goes for jhirty years, likewise McAvenue, and Harrison for twenty years, and Robbins for not more than fifteen years and not less than ten. And they were right off to Ral eigh. Judge Sinclair was most im pressive in rendering sentence and in taking every precaution against mob violence. But he failed to get over the only deception he under took. His voice betrayed him when he announced that the officers were directed to take the prisoners to the penitentiary at ten o’clock Sunday morning. The doors were locked on the crowded court room when the prisoners had been es corted from the hall, and in only two or three minutes Fords were heard getting in tune for the fifty mile run to Raleigh. But His Honor’s precautions were evidently altogether unnecessary. There had been no disposition manifest during any part of the trial to do violence to the prisoners. Great crowds had attended al most every session during the ten days, but it looked about as much like a preaching service as a mur der trial, and if anybody bad said anything about violence it was some who could have found no fol lowing if he himself had had the disposition and the nerve to under take a rash move. But if there had been a disposition to resort to vio lence, there is no question that it would have been a warm time for an incipient mob. When ver dict was to be rendered, His Honor ordered the doors of the court room locked and had officers placed in each aisle with orders to arrest any one who opened his mouth to utter any comment upon the verdict, promising . that such one should get a term in jail for contempt of court. Needless to say, the room was as quiet as a cemetery while the four men heard their fate and till they had been conducted from the hall and were being placed in cars for immediate (Continued on page 8)