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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 UONCURE news Thelma Poe and Nell' Aber „athy of Durham are visiting 7. T o hn Bell, Jr., this week. M Ur and Mrs. C. M. Whilden have ‘urned from two weeks’ vacation ” „t in South Carolina, their old S{)en Mr. Whilden has a position Power and Light Co here- Many from here attended the all services at Christian Chapel | ve«terday» Sunday and also many Vended the "Home Coming Day at Chatham church yesterday. c d. Thomas and Master j L Womble, Jr., have returned from friends in New York City, reported a good time. '\\\ the merchants of Moncure vven t on a picnic at Lakeview to daVi Tuesday. It seemed strange foi all the stores to be closed. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Kunedy and daughter, Miss Ruth and Mrs. Har rington are spending this week at j Wrightsville Beach. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Orrell and daughter. Miss Barbara and a friend. Miss Caroline Marvin of Yemassee, S. C., who have been visiting Mrs. OrrelTs mother for sometime left last Friday for Wil mington. where they will spend a few days before returning home. Mrs. C. M. Howard, who was Miss Mattie Maddox, died last Saturday morning at Raleigh hos pital. She lived at Biscoe and was at Moore Union church. She leaves a husband and four children. Her brother, Mr. Tom Maddox, at tended the burying yesterday, Our sympathy goes out to the bereaved loved ones. Mr. G. W. Walls a merchant of Loekville, who has been ill for sometime, died at Sanford hospital last Thursday morning. He was buried at Hank’s Chapel church where he was a member last Fri day. He leaves a wife and the fol lowing children: Messrs. Rufus Walls. Erwin Walls, Mrs. R. H. Wicker. Roy Walls, and Mrs. Har vey Boone. The aged mother of Mr. Ed Thomas who lived near here died last Thursday evening and was buried at Glenn Spring Baptist church last Friday, p. m. Mrs. Thomas was 87 years of age and had been very feeble for sometime. Life is uncertain and death is sure. It is coming to us all but it ! is sweet to die in Christ. , Mi Mss Josephine Lasiter, Raleigh is visiting Miss Christine Lassiter this week. Mrs. W. W. Addicks and little daughter, Helen, Frances of Mi ami, Fla., are visiting her mother, Mrs. B. G. Womble this week. Mrs. Addicks was Miss Esther Wom- Me. Her many friends are very glad to see her. Mrs. Rufus Womble and Miss Ruth W omble and little Miss Stroud attended the missionary meeting at Pittsboro today, Aug. L; M. Mrs. W. W. Stedman also at tended the meeting. is said that woman has no sense °f humor—that she cannot “ke a joke. After looking at some f their husbands—we know dif ferently. notice of sale of per sonal PROPERTY Lnder and by virtue of a certain C a ; ttl& mortgage executed to the signed by N. J. Taylor on the 3rd da T of April, 1927, which nioitgag e j s <j u ]y recorded in the p ICe 01 the register of deeds of j county, North Carolina n °°k GL at page 510, and default *; U!n? keen made in the payment j 'kc indebtedness therein secured, ' VIII 0n Monday the 22nd day of offer for sale for I*’" 1 ’ at Public auction, at the x? UU house door in Pittsboro, ar< hiia, the following per property, to-wit: e Ford Truck 1924 model — or 1^154415; two hogs, col- Ud ai <l an( f white spot sa*e: Highest bidder p ! me sa le: 12 o’clock, noon. acp of sale: Pittsboro, N. C. • •AV ALKER, Mortgagee. A „ Au f> 8 ‘ 2nd, 1927. I T he Chatham Record . ’ Sale of Jersey Cattle At Siler City Aug. 29 After having talked the matter over with members of the staff of the Dairy Husbandry Division and with Mr. Ward C. Snarr, a repre sentative of the American Jersey Cattle Club Association, it has been decided to hold an auction sale of registered Jersey cattle at Siler City on Aug 29. During this month, I have arranged with Mr. Snarr i an d Mr. Kimrey for the consign ment of these cattle, obtained per mission of the Fair Association for the holding of this sale in the fair grounds,and am arranging a meet ing of business men in Siler City for the purpose of financing this sale. It is planned to auction about twenty-five individuals, of which, about ten will be bred heifers, five milk cows, five young bulls and five other heifers. There is now about two hundred j gallons of milk being trucked from ! i this county to Greensboro daily. I | There are also two cream routes! operating in this county, one going i to Burlington, and the other to Asheboro. There has been quite a stimulus in the dairy industry of this county during the last few j months. I have visited a number of farmers in eight communities this month, encouraging cream j j or whole milk production, and also j making an effort to place more ! registered dairy stock in the conn |ty. j Chatham county this year is ; planning the largest acreage in the history of the county in Soy Beans. There are live varieties used in the county, the o-too-tan, the laredo, j the Mammoth yellow, and the Vir j ginia and Mammoth Brown. Os ! these, the mammoth yellow leads |in acreage planted. Seventy farm- i : ers in the county are planting from j ! one to twenty-five acres in o-too tan, Laredo and Virginia soy beans, in addition to the acreage in Mam moth Yellows. Some insect dam age on soy beans have been re ported, but only locally, and pros pects indicate one of the ’best hay years in the county. Cotton, in most sections of the ; county is well advanced, and shows very little weevil injury. Corn is' suffering from lack of rain, but, has had enough moisture to mature i a crop in practically all cases. Some j 1 tobacco in the eastern section of - the county suffered from excess rain, but in the main, prospetes for 1 a crop are good ,and curing is well advanced. Poultry Husbandry I have held one Poultry Culling Demonstration in the Moses school community this month. Seven ■ farmers attended this demonstra tion which was held on the Dixon farm. Organizing and Meetings Seven farmers and the local county agent attended the tobacco meeting held at the Oxford Experi ment station this month,, and a number of farmers from this coun ty attended the farmers convention at Raleigh on the 26th. Summary Miles traveled on official duty, 1000. Farm visits made, 92. Number and kinds of meetings, one tobacco, one general, and one poultry culling demonstration. Respectfully, N. C. SHIVER, County Agt. Moncure To Have A National Bank Capt. J. H. Wissler seems de termined that Moncure shall not be without a bank. The failure of the Banking, Loan and Trust Company, of Sanford, which had a branch at Moncure, was a severe blow to that good little town, but Capt. Wissler will show the world that Moncure does not have to depend upon out siders for banking facilities. Ac cording to press reports he applied ten days or more ago for a nation • al bank charter, proposing to es tablish a national bank with a cap ital of $25,000. And the beauty about it is that Captain Wissler does *: k have to peddle stock around. If' he wants a bank, he can have,one.; PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUG 4, 1927 ANTIOCHNEWS Children’s Day exercises were held at Antioch Sunday afternoon, July 24. A large crowd was pre sent. The little folks were well trained and did their parts well. Those responsible for training of the children deserve all the praise that they received. Those of the children rendering the program who deserve special mention were each and everyone. The delivery and accuracy were perfect, each child from the smallest to the larg est put forth enthusiastic effort, free from nervousness and abso lutely unafraid. The program was in charge of W. R. Oldham. He also made a talk which was enjoy ed by all. Mr. Alton Thomas and old native of this community, but now of Gum Springs, had charge of the singing. The choir was in deed a good one. We are always glad to welcome those from a dis i tance to our church. The service | was closed by a very touching talk ! to the little folks by Mr. Dee Far ! rell of Hank’s Chapel, which was enjoyed by all. As stated in the out set it was a splendid occasion and everyone went away feeling proud of the little folks. We are very glad to state that preacher Gordon of Pittsboro will I be with us Sunday night in prayer I service, beginning at eight o’clock. Mr. and Mrs C. D. Oldham, ac companied by Miss Gleanie Old ham were visitors in Pittsboro last Thursday. Misses Violet and Bettie John son spent the week-end with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Oldham and children of Pittsboro visited home folks Sunday. Miss Mattie Poe spent last week j with her sister in Pittsboro. Misses Fannie, Lizzie and Hallie Dowdy have returned home after visiting their uncle, near Pittsboro. Mrs. C. D. Oldham and little daughter are spending this week in Bynum. Bodies of 7 American Soldiers Are Found Washington Officer and Privates Located; Enemy Hands Believed To Have Placed Dead Men l Washington, July 30—From the shell tortured earth about Monfau con, here nine years ago American and German lines were locked in the grim struggle of the Meuse- Argonne drive, the bodies of seven young Americans of the 79th di vision who gave their lives in that fight have been yielded up at last to end the long suspense of griev- I ing relatives. Late in June, rewarding a search that had lasted almost a decade, field workers of the graves regis tration service in Paris came upon a field-in shell hole where the bodies lay. They were arranged in their common grave in an orderly row, laid there almost beyond doubt, not by comrades, but by en emy hands. In the group were numbered the casualties of a pla toon of company F, 315th infantry, including Lieut. William A. Shee han, of this city, platoon command er, sustained on the morning of September 29, 1918. On that morn- ! ing the four-day advance of the division was held in check by Ger man resistance organized in the woods near which the bodies were found. Mrs. Hunt Entertained. Mrs. J. W. Hunt entertained at three tables of progressive bridge in honor of her niece, Miss Eleanor Wright, of Raleigh, a few evenings ago. Mr. Nyall won, receiving the high-score prize. Neapolitan ice cream and cake were served. Those present were Misses Wright, By num, Blair, Brooks, Johnson, and Womble, and Messrs. Powell, Chapin, Glenn, Womble, and Poe, Mr. Farmer, please be thinking about your exhibits for the Chat ham County Fair, to be held Oc tober 4,5, 6,7, and 8. lam espe cially interested in exhibits from eastern Chatham and will appre ciate your cooperation, V. B. El kins, Mgr., Chatham County Fair Association. Court In Session Monday was an unusual day in Pittsboro. It was the first day of a two-weeks term of court, Judge ( Grady presiding. The commis sioners were in session and the board of education also. The three institutions brought a goodly crowd of the county’s best citizens to town, and quite a number of others from nearby counties, interested in . the case of O. E. Hatley vs. Holder and Hammer. That case consumed the first two days of court. It is a suit to set tle the title of a tract of land over in New Hope township. Mrs. Hat ley contends that she inherited the land from her father, who bought it under mortgage foreclosure sale, but got no deed for it. Holder and Hammer have their title from the heirs of the mortgagor. Tht Hat ley owners have paid taxes on the land for 39 years, it is stated. The jury rendered verdict in fa vor of Hatley Wednesday morn ing. Marsh Reunion The following Chathamites at tended the reunion of the Marsh family which was held on July 24th at the old homestead of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Haire, in Cumberland county: Mr. and Mrs. W. B. F. Johnson, Miss Margaret Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Har mon, Mr. J. W. Johnson and family, and Messrs. W. R. Johnson and R. L. Goodwin. More than a hundred members of the Absalom and Mary Butler Marsh family were present. The officers for the ensuing year are, president, Mrs. J. Lee Harmon, vice-pres., Miss Swannie Haire, Co.- Sec.; Mrs. J. H. Mitchell; record ing Sec., Mrs. G. C. Pate; advisory board, Mrs. W. B, F. Johnson, and Messrs. M. L. Marsh and S. J. Rowell. Elizabeth City Is World’s Soy Bean Harvester Center Elizabeth City, July 30 lt is this fair city’s claim that here are manufactured more soy bean har vesters than everywhere else in the world put together. Elizabeth City, is the marketing center of soy beans for all America, the price here establishing the price throughout the country. Elizabeth City and northeastern Carolina will play host to some 200 visitors from many parts of the na tion August 9, to 11, the occasion being the annual convention of the American Soy Bean association. Attended Farmers’ Convention at Raleigh Among the Chatham farmers who attended the Farmers’ conven tion at State College last week are Messrs. Moody Womble, W. Z. Crews, J. Frank Burns, W. D. Burns, Zeb Johnson, and J. B. Ward. County Agent Shiver also attended. These gentlemen are among the more progressive farm ers of the county and were prepar ed to profit by their attendance upon the meeting. Celebrates 79th Birthday. Mrs. J. J. Holliday, who lives just across the line in Alamance, celebrated her 79th birthday Sun day. A host of children, grand children, and great-grandchildren, and friends were present. A big dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nooe of Ridgeway, S. C., and Henry, Jr., who are visiting her, were among the number who enjoyed the family reunion. - ■—■■■■' V. B. Elkins, manager of the Chatham County Fair wants as many exhibits from eastern Chat ham as from the western part. He wants the person who lives in the extreme east to feel that it is as much his or her fair as the person living one mile from Siler City. If everyone takes an interest in the Fair it means better farming and more money to every person in the county. Make it your business to be a personal booster for the fair. Subscribe to The Record, $1.50 ASBURY NEWS i (Written for last week. There will be home-coming at Chatham church next Sunday. Ev erybody invited to come and bring a basket. < Mrs. Dell Lemons is visiting rel atives in this section. Mrs. Marthain Gunter left last Monday to spend a few days with her sister who is confined to her bed at Miss Cass Elli sos Durham. Miss Mamie Mudie has been visiting Miss Sussinnie Williams. Miss Minnie Mudie entertained a large crowd at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cole Williams Saturday inight. Mjr. Broughton Johnson, Mr. Fred Badden made music and everybody engoyed the nice party. Miss Margaret Williams is home with her parents now after at tending summer school Intelligent Farmers Are Diversifying County Agent Shiver Shows Pic tures of What Chatham Farmers Are Doing Any business demands intelli gence and it is interesting to hear a man talk of his business if he has an intelligent conception of its problems and delights in solving them. - Mr. W. Z. Crews is such a man. The editor heard Mr. Crews talk ing with County Agent Shiver the other day, and it is evident that Mr. Crews finds a genuine pleasure in farming. .His conversation indi cates that he has studied his busi ness. He had just returned then from the Farmers’ Convention at State College, and that fact, as well as his conversation, is evidence that he is wide-awake to the advan tages offered him for improve ment. He only wished that he had studied chemistry. Yet he is far from being ignorant of the meth ods and achievements of the chem ist. Mr. Shiver is showing three pic tures, among others, that indicate that Mr. Crews is diversifying to a real purpose. The pictures are of a sweet clover field, alfalfa field, and a clover field. Among the pictures of field crops in Mr. Shiver’s possession are corn, clover and bean fields of Mr. W. H. Ferguson, and bean fields of Mr. Will Bland, George Bynum, and Rev. W.W. Long, colored. These and other pictures shown by Mr. Shiver indicate that Chatham farmers are making a success of the soy bean and clover business. Alfalfa is rare as yet, but Mr. Crews and Mr. R. M. Connell have fine fields. Mr. Connell’s 1 1-2 acre field is five years old. ft was pastured late this spring but has already furnished one good cutting and is ready for a second one. Revival Meeting At Mt. Vernon Springs Rev. Jonas Barclay began his annual revival meeting at Mount Vernon Springs Presbyterian church last Sunday. Rev. Dr. Hodges of Greensboro is doing the preaching. The Baptists and Meth odists are cooperating in the meet ing. Pastor Weaver and Maness attending. It is virtually a union meeting of the three denomina tions. MEETING AT ROCK SPRINGS TO BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY Rev, W. G. Hall, pastor of Angier Avenue Baptist church, Durham, will assist the pastor, Rev. W. F. Cates, in a series of revival services at Rock Springs church, two miles north of Pittsboro, beginning next | Sunday, August 7. The public is invited to hear this able minister. Saturday Office Days. The county agent wishes to an nounce that he will be in his office all day on Saturdays for the bene fit of those farmers who wish to see him. All other week days will be spent in the field. N. C. SHIVER, County Agent. Chevrolet Motor Co. Explore Wonderlands Bound on a circle tour of all the National Parks of the west, a Chevrolet Imperial landau * cently left Los Angeles, under the direction of the Chevrolet Motor Company, to explore the scenic wonderlands, secure pictures of the countless spots of surpassing interest and report on the general conditions of the highways leading to them. Recognized the country over as a region of unrivaled charm and beauty, the western national parks are drawing a record number of tourists this year. Although the south, east and middle west, in fact all America, is represented by vaca tionists who are taking advantage of fine ribbons of concrete to ex plore the wonder theater of nature, the average American motorist has! yet to visit the section. And it is in the interests of those who have yet to enjoy this sustained treat as well as those who have made the trips that the Chevrolet Na tional Parks car is on its way. Authorities in charge of the Na tional Parks system are in hearty accord with the action of the Chev rolet Motor Company. The car carries a letter from A. M. De maray, acting director of the Na tional Parks Service, commending the automobile and its crew and in troducing them to the superintend ents in the west. Educational authorities, too, have interested themselves in the move of the Chevrolet Motor Com pany to give more publicity to the recreational features of our nation al parks. Harold Stonier, vice president of the University of Southern California, acting as offi cial starter, congratulated the pilot, W. S. Wood, and waved success to the party as the Chevrolet swept across the campus of the famous California institution, headed for ’ Zion National park in Southwest ern Utah. The National Park Chevrolet will then proceed to the north rim of the Grand Canyon, visiting en route the newest national monu ment at Pine Springs. From the '! north rim and the great Kaibab j forest, where winter snowdrifts are ’; still lying in the sheltered canyons, 1 the Chevrolet will visit Bryce Can yon and from there double back to Cedar Breaks, and thence to Salt Lake City. j From Salt Lake the car will head j east for Rocky Mount National j Park, near Denver, and go from I there to Mesa Verda, where the ; most remarkable cliff dwellings to J be found in the west are preserved j under the supervision of the gov ernment. From Mesa Verde the car will proceed to Yellowstone and thence to Glacier National Park, far up ward the Canadian line. West from there the Chevrolet will head for Ranier National Park. Home ward bound once more down the Pacific coast, Crater Lake, Lassen, Yosemite, General Grant and Se quoia will complete the list of parks on the long trail ahead of the Chevrolet. The car carries nothing more in the way of special equipment than a set of chains, which very likely will not be used once on the entire journey. Hotel Robbed Greensboro, July 30 —An under termined amount of currency was stolen last night by robbers operat ing in the King Hotel. The rooms of several guests were entered and, the robbers confined their thefts to money. , Revival Services | At Pleasant Hill A series of revival meetings will begin at Pleasant Hill Baptist church (old Trade’s Hill) next Sun day morning. There will be two services each day during the follow ing week, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. The pastor, Rev. C. H. Norris, will be assisted by Rev. A. A. Pippin of Zebulon. The public is cordially invited to attend. . VOLUME NO. 49 MONCURENEWS Miss Virginia Cathell, who has been attending the state summer school at Fredericksburg, Va., re turned home last Saturday. Dr. J. E. Cathell left Monday morning for Baltimore, Md., whers he will be under treatment for a week. . Mrs. Dr. Moore has returned home after enjoying a week in Vir ginia with relatives and friends. Misses West and Butler, of Sa lemburg, have been guests of Miss es Annie and Dorothy Lambeth for the past week. Mr. C. C. Thomas, our efficient depot agent has been to Chimney Rock the past week enjoying his vacation in the mountains around Lake Lure. Miss Elizabeth Thomas, who has been attending summer school at North Carolina College for Women, in Greensboro, returned home one day last week. Miss Catherine Thomas, her sister, spent several days with her at the close of the school. Mrs. H. D. McPherson and little children, of Meggets, S. C., are guests at the home of Mrs. B. G. Womble this week. Miss Elizabeth Farrell, who has a position with the Page Trust Company, is spending this week with her mother, Mrs. Queene Far rell. Mrs. J. F. Ernst and daughter, Miss Jeannette Ernst, of Carolina Power and Light Co., are spending this week at Mrs. Ernst’s home at Athens, Ga. SALT FOR COWS Dairy cows should have all the salt they want. The quantity will I vary with the kind of feed and size ' of the animal. Experiments have ■ shown that ordinary cows in milk will require about one ounce of salt a day. Heavy producers should get I more. Many dairymen mix salt ; j with the grain mixture, incorporat- I I ing from 1 to 2 pounds of salt with i j each 100 pounds of concentrates. In ■ addition, salt is provided so that 1 the cows can have access to it and > take more if they desire. Stock • salt can be purchased in several i forms. In cake form, salt may be kept in each feed box in the barn ' where the animal can lick it, or it - may be placed in convenient places in the lot or pasture. It should be i in some sheltered place to prevent the rain from dissolving it. L TERRIFIC HAIL STORM Hail wrought havoc in a small area ten miles south of Clinton last Thursday. The son of the editor of the Record visited the scene the next day, 24 hours after the fall, and says that the hail was eight inches deep then in a drift in a shaded spot, despite the terrific heat of the hours since the fall. Crops were utterly beaten to pieces and trees stripped of their foliage. Some of the stones are said to have been as large as goose eggs. NOTICE OF SERVICE OF SUM MONS BY PUBLICATION North Carolina, Chatham county. In the Superior court, July 25th, 1927. A. J. Johnson, vs. Eva Johnson. The defendant, Eva Johnson, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Chatham county, North Carolina, by the plaintiff, to obtain an absolute di vorce from the defendant; and the defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear be fore E. B. Hatcher, clerk of the Superior court of Chatham county. North Carolina, at his office in Pittsboro, North Carolina, on the 3rd day of September, 1927, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief de manded in the complaint. Witness my hand this the 25th day of July, 1927. E. B. HATCHER, Clerk, Superior Court o fChatham County, North Carolina. Aug. 4—4tch. j / ° ML*.-