North Carolina Newspapers

RUSHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 lONCURE-NEWS L C- Sowers, Mrs. J. C. rs ' j ss Norine Sowers ol So** 8 an en t last week-end with Wa Mrs. J. E. Cathell. Miss Dr ' an cathell accompanied them Virginia s pend this week at 1101116 visiting 1 friends and rela tiv€?' R a .Moore left today for r ' . va where he has se nshmona. »**•• . a position in a bank there. cure regu ii of the school elec- was held here last Sat- U " Mav 21st, is as follows: votes were cast ; lit and fifty-egiht for it. npie twenty-four who did There t vo te at all. 1 r ... T.rhn Womble spent last Master Joim r i n-ith his sister at L-arrboro. $-eek >' iLa 1 jvhn M. Upchurch and , I)en t last week with her c h:iaren ’ u ho lives at New Hill. *^,, e Cpvvorth League met last <s-rdav evening at the Methodist Annie Lambeth, the president called the meeting to or ’• ond The subject for fltl dUU K .. evening was ‘‘Belgium.” It ...Hhpiissed bv Miss Amev Worn bk and others. Some from here attended the Memorial at Hank’s Chapel Sun- Mr. T. B. Maddox of Moncure, Jlr. J. W. Johnson, the mail ear ner of Rt. tw and another Mr. Johnson of Asbury Methodist church and a Mr. Rose of Cum r.-,ck auended the North Carolina -acred musical orchestra which tts held at Wade school audi- Firium at Wade. Sunday, May 22 They (the above men) gave sev eral splendid quartettes ,and iir. Rose gave two lovely solos. T v enj yed the program which was splendidly rendered. Misses Annie. Dorothy and Ro krtha Lambeth will motor to Fay etteville Thursday and spend the week-end with relatives. Miss Jesse Belle Strickland of Dunn .who was one of the high school teachers here last year, spent last weekend with Miss Min nie Belle. Miss Margaret Strickland is vis iting relatives at Llllington for sev eral weeks. tee County Man Cuts Throat With Knife Sanford. May 21.—C. J. Dick ens. who lived on Route No. 50, L-eo miles north of Sanford, com u suicide this morning by se ‘! i:g his jugular vein with a v.’.et knife. Mr. Dickens had not - in good health and brooding ', e! s is thought to be the cause <,f emitting the deed. Mrs. Dick the house about nine a. go to a neighboring saw- V s anc * i o ft him in the house , ne ‘ ~ ,n her return in a short •‘■ie she was shocked to find his ~ ' ° n r^e tfont porch with his throat cut. -t-. bickons, who was about six rT e “ IS 1 i a ? e , tvas a native of (r e,,il( iucted a store near his • Be is survived by his wife, being born into the union. THE MESSAGE OF AMERICAN u,iox AUXILIARY poppy Buy oiio T j - fv ! 1 A stand for service. I a r ‘ v COll -t to be earned by LkM U( " necl serv ’ ce man in the v. t u !iU nee ded it, and all f, r ; 1 ‘ 1 J ne goes for service v„. ‘ 1 hom the war is not , y ll B uv Me! Wear Me—l saerifical blood of the 1 Flanders Field. I to all who died in verence and under- W ear Me. lj^ii ."t a ,j. , ‘ ’"d Poppy which you v. ear on Memorial ; ' h, stands for many *°Ught * 1 19 war that was who ( j; ( , ' d war; for the boys jvvho did <me back; for those h^Pitals retUrn - bUt Wh ° are still in ideal s ut!,:: de to work; for the little i(. f i SaW so clear ly then—the that. p ir P ° ppy calls to mind all olle gre-r ' t> aSt and alwa y s * the “ s ervi Ce ” mbol of the P°PPy is The Chatham Record Bruce Craven Wants To Organize The Protestants of North Carolina— Bruce Was On the Job And Said A Few Mouthfuls. It seems that Lexington has a radio station, and they got Bruce Craven over there the other night to make it sing or ring. Bruce was right on the job and said a few mouthfuls. Here is part of it, as reported by the Lexington Dis patch, with an addition from the original soarce : “As subject for his address, the bond lawyer from Trinity chose “The Unknown Taxpayer,” saying that he thought that a monument should be erected to the taxpayer as had been done for the unknown soldier ,for just as the soldier stop ped ihe bullets and shrapnel of the war, so would the taxpayer pay f r the improvements and progress of the last years. “The curse of the age is propa ganda, said Mr. Craven, “for in reading the newspapers of today, one does not know what is news or what is bunk. The editorial pages of nearly all the papers of the stats are either dead or expressing some propaganda of the publishers.” In urging the citizens to study the finances and public business of iis cities in which they live, the speaker stated that the people of the state and cities had indulged .n two much boosting, that a knocker of the sane, intelligent kind could find the faults of a com munity and correct them while boosting tended to hide these same faults. Saying that he considered the last Lexington municipal elec tion in which no partisan politics appeared a good omen for safe and ntelligeni government, Mr. Craven emphasized that no community could have an economical admin istration of public affairs until the interest of the citizens was aroused in their government. The average citizen of today is woefully uninformed or misinformed on public affairs, according to Mr. Craven, who urged that eveny man consider it his duty to know and study the administration of affairs in his particular city or commun ity.” “They say we ought to stop knocking! Stop knocking the pub lic official who gets in on promises he immediately forgets! Stop knocking waste and extravagance! Stop any knocking that might in terfere with the inalienable rights of the ones who are in! Never dare to be a Protestant in Catholic North Carolina! Never question the infallibility of our political popes and priests! Never protest against the officer who insults the unknown sold’.er, or the official who tramples upon the unknown tax payer! Ana then peace will dawn like a deathly pall o’er our debt covered posperity, and the lion and the lamb will lie down together, the democrat and republican, the Anglo-Saxon and the African, the standpatter and progressive, the revenue officer and bootlegger, the policemen and the thieves, and the blaoksnake ar.d the little biddies! And may God help the little biddies and the unknown taxpayer!” “I am starting a movement to organize the Protestants of North Carolina, and up to the present time, I have two in the organiza tion, and the other one has not yet given me permission to use his name. Several others have prom ised to come in as soon as they see which way the cat is going to jump, and I have a waiting list of two and a half million ready if they think it will pay them.” “I love the newspapers and have been a newspaper editor myself, but the propaganda and office seek ing has gotten such a hold on North Carolina journalism that the editorials rustle like dead leaves while you read them.” “The saddest of all things in the Protestant movement is that a man starts out as a fire-eating insur rectionist ,until he gets to going good, and gets enough influence to be worth something, and then he begins paying an income tax and is safe and sane forever.” (Continued on page four) PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1927 LINDBERG IS A WORLD HERO American Youth Flies Across Atlantic and Finds Himself Famous In a Day The whole world is ringing with praise and admiration of young Lindbergh who is first to fly across the Atlantic in a single flight . The youthful American (he is only) set out from New York alone Friday morning and winged his way a distance of nearly 3,000 mil's* without leaving his seat, landing in Paris 33 hours later after h ; s start and finding himself fa mous. It had been only ten days since two French fliers had undertaken to come across and had been lost, Accordingly, the world knew the hazards of the attempt and watch ed with great concern for news of the intrepid flier, and when the wires rang with the report that h’’s plane had been sighted winging i s way across Ireland, joy was un founded. All Paris was on the ’lert. It was near midnight in France when the boy arrived over the French capital, but tens of thousands were on the watch, and when he landed it was difficult for the American Ambassador to res cue him from the cheering mob Which bore him aloft about the field. The youth had no idea of the furor that his successful attempt had raised, and confidentially told Ambassador Merrick that he didn’t know anybody in France and had brought along two or three letter’s of introduction. The Ambassador, no doubt hiding a smile, told the youngster to go to bed and rest assured that everybody in France would know him when he arose. Feared DePinedo Has Been Lost While the world was rejoicing over the achievement of young Lindbergh in flying across the At lantic, the news came Monday that De Pinedo and two companions had not arrived at the Azores on their flight from New Foundland. De Pinedo, an Italian, has won much fame in recent months by his flights in various parts of the world, including the crossing of the Atlantic by stages from island to island. After flying over many courses in the two American con tinents, he set out to wing his way back to Italy, and now it is feared that this intrepid man and his equally brave comrades are added to the list of victims of the attempt to conquer the air. Receipts For Flood Suffers’ Fund Plan for Eight-Months Term In County Scholos Loses Every Township The following amounts are re ported as received here for the re lief of flood victims. Mr. and Mrs. J .R. Miliken S 5.00 Mrs. Emma B. Siler, chair man Red Cross Auxiliary, Siler City 86.53 Mrs. N. M. Hill, chairman Chatham county Chapter Red Cross 30.00 Fayetteville M. E. con ference, by Rev. C .M. Lance 60.70 Bynum M. E. church, Rev. Mr. Brown, pastor 27.00 Mrs. C. C. Poe 1.00 Mrs. O. C .Kennedy, Brick haven 25.00 Dr. W. B. Chapin 2.00 Total received since last report $238.25 NEGRO IS GROUND TO DEATH UNDER TRAIN AT SALISBURY Salisbury, May 21.—Jelding Hy man, negro, about 22, was ground to death under a freight train as it was leaving the city this after noon. Hyman had been here today, having come in from Baltimore, and it is thought was catching the train to compleet his journey to his home at Greenville, S. C. The remains now await some one to claim them. U. S. Flyers New York to Paris Derby County-Wide Tax Defeated 8 to 1 None of the opporents of the proposition to levy a tax to sup port an eight months school term in every district of the county of Chatham dared predict so over whelming a defeat as the proposi tion met at the polls Saturday. Four to one had been a high guess, but the result seems to have just about doubled that figure ,and the pro position was buried with an oppo sition vote of about eight to one. The figures are not ail at hand when til’s is written .but a rough estimate indicates that not more than 500 votes out of a registra tion of Lour thousand were cast for the county-wide tax. Baldwin township came nearer going for the tax than any other, and it was lost there by more than a score of votes. Center otwnship (Pitts boro) gave the next largest pro portional vote for the tax, and yet there were only 139 here out of a registration of 390. Siler City gave the very same number for it as did Pittsboro, L 39, but the regis tration in that township, (Mat thems), was 750, making the de feat nearly 4 to 1. Upper Bear Creek (Bonlee) gave 53 votes for it. Outside of these bunches of votes the thing was almost un naimously against the proposition. For institnee, Williams township gave only three votes for the tax. Hickory Mountain with a registra tion of about 400 gave less than a dozen for the tax. New Hope, Hadley, Oak Grove, and Gulf were practically units against the pro position. Cape Fear, with Moncure as a nucleus, gave a larger per centage. The proponents of the measure had to beat the registration books, but many opponents made assur ance doubly sure by going to the polls and voting, with the result that the actually cast vote against was probably several times larger than that for the measure. Young Woman Is Victim of T. B. Miss Leola Eubanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walker Eubanks of the Gum Springs section, died Thursday last, a victim of tubercu losis. The burial took place at Rock Springs cemetery a mile or two north of Pittsboro. Arrangements were made some time ago to put her at the Sana torium, but her case was pronounc ed too far advanced for successful treatment, and she remained at home. Much sympathy is felt for the family of the young lady. Protracted Meeting In Progress at M. E. Church A series of meetings is being hold at the Methodist church under the auspices of Pastor Lance and Mrs. C. L. Steidley, assistant to the pastor of the Tryon Street church, Charlotte. Mrs. Steifley, while not claiming 1 to preach, is delivering some interesting and valuable address that many think may well be called sermons, and good ones at that. 25.00 2.00 It is alright to laugh last if the laugh lasts. BRICKHAVEN Brickhaven, May 23. —Mrs. O. C. Kennedy has been spending a short while with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Dowell of Forestville. Miss Buck Kennedy of Salem Academy spent last week-end at home. Ruth is quite a favorite and her visits home are always wel comed by her friends. Among the graduates of Mere dith College this year is Miss Mary Roberts Seawell of Carthage, a sis ter of our Mr. C. Seawell of the Cherokee Brick Co. Mr. Sea well is in Raleigh this week-end at tending the commencement exer cises. ! The Bacccalaurete sermon before the graduating class Sunday at eleven A. M., delivered by Dr. Ed | win McNeil Poteat was one of the most inspiring and effective this ; writer has ever beard. Would that I everybody everywhere could have • the opportunity of having such masterful, inspiring messages. Miss Annie Utley spent last week in Raleigh with her sister, Miss Mary Lee Utley who is attending Miss Harlbarger’s Secretarial school. Miss Frances Thompson was the guest of Mrs. Beddoes of Raleigh I last week-end. The Jr., C. E. Society in still | progressing nicely under Mrs. Ken -1 nedy’s efficient leadership, and holds its meetings regularly every i Sunday evening. The youngsters are very enthusiastic and take a great deal of interest in the pro grams. Mr. J. .H Lawrence and his mother, Mrs. Rose Lawrence were in Raleigh Friday. Mrs. Lawrence is taking treatment for high blood : pressure and seems to be getting on beautifully. Mr. W. A. Griffin has been on a short visit with his brother, Mr. Frank Griffin of near Siler City. Martha’s Chapel Wins From Olive’s Chapel Martha’s Chapel, May 21—Mar tha’s Chapel defeated Olive Chapel here today to the tune of 6-5. It was a pretty pitchers’ duel be j tween “Red” Barbee for the locals, and G. Passmore for the visitors, until the seventh inning, when the local boys hopped on Passmore of ferings for four hits and four runs. Ferrell W. Barbee and E. Barbee led in the hitting for the locals by getting two each. Ferrell got a | singe and a tripple, while Barbee and Barbee got two singles each. Roy Yates of the locals also gave ! the fielding feature of the game by backing to deep left field and robbing Passmore, of a long hit in the fourth inning. Olive Chapel started a rally in ! the ninth inning, but it was nipped in the bud when “Red” Barbee fan i ned E. Mills, Olive Chapel’s second [ baseman and star performer from ! At'ake Forest. Sad for them with I | two men left on base. Olive Chapel was badly disap i pointed with Mr. Mills, but we guess it was one of his bad days, by winning today’s game. Martha’s Chapel increased its percentage to seven won, and lost one, having only played eight games this sea son. MEMORIAL DAY LAST SUNDAY Sunday was annual memorial day at Hanks’ Chapel, three miles east of Pittsboro, and it was a big old occasion—a great crowd and a great dinner. Pastor J. Fuller Johnson, Rev. G. R. Underwood, Dr. Boone and Mr. DeWitt Boone of Durham, E. Y. Farrell and Theron Farrell of Alamance county, and Attorney A. C. Ray of Pitts boro were the principal speakers. Several others made appropriate remarks. To Conduct Revival. Bonlee, May 21.—Rev. M. I. Harris, of Lincolnton ,a man of unusual preaching ability, will as sist the pastor, Rev. E. W. Byerly, in a series of revival services, be ginning Sunday evening, May 22. Good night—Have you paid your Taxes yet? Last Week’s Court Proceedings Many Cases Disposed of During Week—No Single Case of Great Importance Last week was a busy one in court. Scores of cases were dis posed of, but few were of any great interest. A notable feature of the week was the number of ?ases submitted to Judge Harris for decision. It was a rare occurrence for a case to go to the jury. It was practically the equivalent of one of Judge Harris’ recorder’s courts in Raleigh before his elec tion to the superior court bench. There were, too, the usual large number of submissions. Cases Disposed Os. The following cases were tried and finally disposed of, except so far as convicted parties were re quired to report good behavior at succeeding terms: Hannah Leach, called, failed, judgment, capias. W. J. Phillips, called but didn’t answer. Judgment. J. H. Williams and Norah Wil liams, submit, costs . James Williams and Dorothy Short get off with costs. Hoyle Dowd, two to five years in oenitentiary for larceny. Vannie f)owd gets same dose. Maynard Kendrick, for his share in robbing Harden filling station at Ore Kill, escaped with costs. Tcm Taylor goes to roads six months, for stealing. Carl Phillips was fined $25.00 in liquor case. Red Carter, who was given a chance in March to work for Attor ney Fred Paschall and who wouldn’t work, got a six month’s term on the roads. Fred got a half day of real work out of Red by working with him. He promised Red a pair of shoes Saturday night if he would work that way the rest of the week. Red seemed agree able, but when Lawyer Fred left the job, Red found it lonesome and quit. He will probably have the necessary company for the next six months. D. R. Johnson, 12 months on roads in liquor case suspended on payment of costs and report good behavior for two years and not drive a car for two years. Ben Grimes gets off with part of costs. George Walters goes to roads four months for larceny. C. A. Stevenson and Frank Biv ens pay $25 each fine and costs. Ben Jones, liquor case, costs. Hardy Cook not quilty in liquor case, but Auburn Johnson and Ike Clark guilty; Johnson SSO and costs; Clark $25 and costs. Sim Cotten pleads quilty to operating car while drunk. One year on roads. Jim Cotten pleads guilty of as sault, SSO and costs. Donnie Leach, 8 months for li quor and gambling. Ivey Murchison, larceny, four months. Same in Floyd Langley, driving car while drunk, must sell car and must not drive a car for 12 months. Mark Brewer has liquor case nol prossed. Henry Gilliland ,disturbing school entertainment, SSO and costs; Joe Siler in same case gets off with costs. Will Mims, one year in peniten tiary for larceny. Orren Mims, costs, and show good behavior for one year. Fisher Headen, guilty of posses sion of liquor. Costs, with consent that officers may search his prem ises without warrant for next two years. C. J. Jones, driving car while drunk, SSO and costs and must not drive car in two years. 542.75 taken from Jake Oldham who pleaded guilty of forgery is ordered returned to Farmers’ Bank as a part of the money secured from that bank on forged check. Oldham goes to pen 1 to 3 years. George Lutterloh, pleads guilty; must pay state’s witness SSO before June court, otherwise 6 months. Clyde Fox, driving while drunk, SSO and costs, or roads six months. Eulis Nicholson, larceny, six months. (Continued on page four) VOLUME NO. 49 BELL'S NEWS George Washington Lodge, N®w -174, A. F. A. M., met in regular session Saturday, May 21 and elect> ed for the Masonic year the follow ing officers: Worshipful Master, J. R. Lassi ter. Senior Warden, Robert Sey~ mour. Junior Warden, Leon Wilson. Secretary, J. R. Matthews. Treasurer, Jack Horton. Eiler, Enivar Lasater. Mr. N. J. Wilson attended court at Pittsboro last week. The faculty for Bell’s school ha* not yet been selected for next term. Dr. Upchurch has had quite a lot of patients lately. Mrs. Exilee Truelove reports her mother who has been ill, consider ably improved. Vote On County- Wide School Tax There follows a tabulation of the vote by precincts of the election Saturday as far as reported Tues day noon: Precinct Registered For Tax Albrights 420 32 ’ Buck Horn 144 18 East Bear Creek 293 53 Bear Creek west 420 21 Siler City 675 139 Haw River 141 58 Ha.dley 285 19 Richmond 286 46 Williams 214 3 Mount Vernon 178 18 Center 389 139 Hickory Mt. 400 10 Baldwin ? 106 Merry Oaks ? None Gulf ? ? Oak Grove ? ? New Hope ? ? The lack cf a few registration figure and that of the vote of New Hope, . Gulf and Oak Grove pre vent an exact estimate of the ratio of the vote for and against. But it is a fai restimate to say that there were about six against to one for the proposition. Baldwin gave the largest percentage for and Merry Oaks led against with a goose egg. Pittsboro Blacksmith Became Minister Mr. H. H. Straughan, of Row land, but formerly of this town, passed through Pittsboro Monday on his way to visit a daughter in Burlington. Mr. Straughan says that he recalls working in J. A. Hornady’s blacksmith shop here 50 years ago when he was a 15 year old boy. Mr. Hornady began to preach while he was working with him. Mr. H. must himself have bene quite a young black smith, as he died a well known Methodist minister only a few years ago and didn’t die of old age. We are told that he began his reg ular ministry at Maxton, and his last appointment was in the same town. The editor of the Record has read a number of articles from the pen of Mr. Hornady and is con vinced that the young blacksmith became quite a scholarly man. Mrs. G. C. Cole On April Twenty-Ninth By some inadvertence, the Re cord failed to note the death of Mrs. G. C. Cole, of Gulf, who died of high blood pressure April 29. She had given birth to an infant only a week before her death. She leaves ninte children,, the oldest only sixteen. Mrs. Cole was Miss Minnie Page, a native of Randolph county. The burial was at Gulf Presby terian cemetery, the funeral ser vices being conducted by Rev. C. L. Wicker, her pastor. The number of small children left motherless makes this an ex ceedingly sad death. Mrs. Cole was only 35 years of age. A man at Olympia, Wash., has developed a barkless dog. Now for howless tom cats. And scratchless hens. And talkless worn—. No, we won’t say it.