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Thursday, February 9, 1928 TOWN & COUNTY BRIEFS Mr. B. N. Dickens and sons, Ves ter. James and Dewey, visited the foliner’s son, Mr. Harwy Dickens, in Washington City Sunday, January 29. The weather was so threaten ing that they hurried back the very foot deep when they reached the capital city and it looked like more. They enjoyed their brief stay. The death of Mr. L. H. Mims, of Corinth, deserves more than the brief account in the Uormtn ietun last week. Mr. Minis was one of the county’s best c'.tners, and has reared a family of real ine.it. Not only will he be missed in his own community, but all who knew him regret his passing. Mrs. Nannie ThDmpson, formerly Miss Nannie Lanius, has been very ill at the home of her mother here. Mrs. Clcn Willi gman, formerly, Mrs. J. T. Rosser, and Messrs. Hen ry Oldham and Worth Rosser came over Monday to see Mr. A. T. Ward about getting improvements on the road from Cumnock to May’s Chap el. John H. Kennedy’s store at Cum nock was broken into Saturday night and quite a lot of goods stolen. Sev eral hundred dollars worth of stuff was stolen. There were no clues The robber probably thought they would get the Saturday evening col lection from the miner customers but the money had been taken to Sanford. . Mr. H. T. Branson, of Greensboro was in Pittsboro Monday on business of the estate of his father, Mr. John Branson, of Bear Creek , township, who died January 26. Mr. Branson could run a race with almost any of them in the children business. He has been married only once, hut the union has resulted in 18 childreh. Eleven of them are lining, but of those dead three were grown. Eight are living wth him. The county commissioners were in session. Monday. Only. Messrs. Johnson and Brewer were present, as Mr. Moore- was kept Jit'home by the illness of Mrs. Moore. The Board of education was in session Monday, all members pres ent. The members of that board are setting- a mighty good example, as three of them have renewed their subscriptinos the past two week.s Mr. W. W. Fields, of the White Bridge community, has been ill of influenza the past two weeks. Mr. Porter Johnson, of the White Bridge section, who has been unwell for quite a while and worse in re cent weeks, went over to Charlotte to consult a specialist last week. He was accompanied by his sister, who came in from Jacksonville. Fia.. to attend him in his illness. He v/as reported as better Sunday, and bis sister has returned to her Florida home. Little Margaret Elizabeth Fields, 15 months old chlid of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fields, has beer, seriously ill with pneumonia. Mrs. C. D. Moore, wife of Com missioner Moore, has been seriously ill for two weeks. Hon. Walter D. Siler spent Sun at heme. Miss Lucy Pierce, who is a stu dent at a Salisbury business college, won a five-dollar gold piece in a re cent “tagday” in that town, when she won the award for tagging the greatest number of people in the tag contest. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Fields of Rose boro visited the latter’s parents Sun day. The Pittsboro high school basket ball team beat the Green Level team of Wake county, in a lively game here Saturday night. Mr. C. A. Carson of Williams township and Mrs. J. R. Lasater of New Hope were here Monday in the interest of Mr. J. E. Loyd, an aged and ’"espected citizen of Williams township who has been afflicted for two years. The neighbors have been very kind in assisting him in his illness, but it is now thought bette; to get him a place in the count v home where he can have better and more regular attention. The onlv help he has is his crippled daughter. Misses Bessie Caviress and Gor die Harmon are gone north to buy goods for the Caviness stores. By miscarriage of mail the Record failed last week to carrv th° an nouncement of the moving n’eture demonstration of farm Implements to be given by the Hardware Store. Inc., at Siler City today (Thurs day.) It shooM be an occasion of interest to farmers. A free lr.nch accompanies the demonstration. Some of our readers should see thL in time to go. The Leg : on Auxiliary will meet with Mrs. London Friday af ternoon at three o’clock. MLs MyrtV Laßarr. co-respond ent of the daily newspapers, w snarl ing part of her time in Pittsbo-o keening up with the development" in the automobile theft ring. What M :ss Laßarr doesn’t find' out about it, is hard to discover. The old A°ron Dark homestead owned and by Numa Co’n. was burned Tuesday morning. No particulars have been learned. It was an old-t’me two-story frame home. Mr. Tom Maddox, a. merchant, of Monourr* and of ’V,r» cnor good citizens died Sunday. A full er account should appear in the Moncure news later. The Record regrets the leaving of Mr. Kahn of the Sanford Irene Shop, out in Mr. G. H. Oliver he has a worthy successor. Mr. Oliver will veil our readers before long of his spring stock, all of which is right new. A CARD OF THANKS Dear Editor: I wish to express through The Record our thanks to trie good peo ple of this and other counties for the kindness that has keen shown us since having had almost every thing we had destroyed by fire, i cannot find worus to express our appreciation of the many useful and good things that have been given to us. But the Lord understands our hearts and may His richest blessings rest upon you all. With sincere thanks, J. W. Oldham and Fami3y. Goldston, Route One. CLUB NOTES The regular meeting of the Wo noon, the president, Mrs. Jas. L. man’s CLrb, of Pittsboro, was he’.d in the club room Wednesday after uriffin, presiding. Following tne reports, which were interesting and instr uctive and show ed unusual activity in the different departments, the president called at tention to the election of officers in April. The following officers are to be elected at that time: President, vice-president, chair man of health department, chair man of music department, chairman of civic department, chairman of social activities and chairman of Publicity. Mesdames A. E. Brown and E. A. Braxton were welcomed into the club as new members. The following New Year resolu tions were adopted by the club: Resolved: That I will make a consistent effort to attend business meetings and become an intelligent participant in my club’s affairs. Resolved: That if I canot be a constructionist, I WILL NOT be a destructionist;. ‘ endangering. s the foundations the workers have so la boriously laid. •• 1 ; ’ '.. Resolved: That I will keep a “watch before my mouth!” That I will not make any unkind and criti cal comments to those club sisters wh oare spending themselves that I may have comfort and ease. Resolved: That I will not embar- Mrs. So-and-So what Mrs. Thus-and- So said about her to Mrs. Third Person. Resolved: That I will not allow my imagination to run riot with me. and start unfounded rumors that set ihe whole membership agog. Resolved: That whe nl accept re pcns’bility, I’ll see it through to the limit. Resolved: That I will not offi ciously attempt to do the work some else was delegated to perform. Resolved: That I will regard the proceedings and discussions of board adventures.’ carrv news to non-members. Resolved : That I will ot embar rass board members by trying to pry into board proceedings. Resolved: That I will not com plain to the president because I bin!: some chairman of some com mittee does not give me proper con sideration. Resolved: That I will be gener ous in commendation, niggardly in 'condemnation and tolerant ox mis advetures.” , A most delightful meeting of the rrusic department was held wit r Mesdames W. B. Chapin and Jas. A Thomson at the heme of the former. The subject for discussion was “The History of Famous Hymns,” ably led bv the capable chairman, Mrs. V. R. Johnson. The folio win «• program was giv en: 1. “Jesus, Lover of My Soul Mrs. Jas. L. Griffin, (a) Song by Miss Emily Taylor. 2. “Oh. Town of Bethle hem” —Mrs. J. A. Farrell. (a) — I I | Got His Eye on this Young Crasher | ! '' |f I {/, «, ■ V Son £ * by Mrs. R. G. Shannonhouse. 3. “Abide Wiih Me”—Mrs. Chas. M. Lance, (a.) Song by Mrs. W. B. | Chapin. 4. v./.iurch Music Abroad —Miss Co.die Harmon. A deiic.ot.s salad course was serv-* ec ly iwe hostesses. The heal.li department of the club wes most delightfully entertai*n ed by Mrs, E. R. Hinton, chairman of this department, and Miss Evelyn Alston at the home of the former. Following the business meeting an interseting health program was giv en. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses. Due to the inclemency of the wea ther the civic department held its regular meeting in the club room. Mrs. Arthur Hill London, chairman, presided. At the close of the business meet ing the subject for discussion was , led by the chairman in a most inter | estinp- interesting papers on law and or . der in the home, American citizen ! ship responsib’lities, responsibilities i of women at the ballot boxes were j lead by Mes James Fred P. Nooe, E. i B. Hatch and Ernest A. Farrell. VETERAN PASSES Mr. Spencer Hackney, of Siler City, EL 1, died Friday, January 28. The funeral was held at Mt. Vernon Methodist church of which he had been a member for many , years. ... Mr. Hackney was a veterqn of the War Between the . States, having joined the army at the age of 17 : He was 82 years of age when he died. He had been married twice, first to Miss Martha Ann Hinson of Tennessee, and later to .Miss Jane Dorsett-of Siier City. His last wife died in 1926. lie leaves three chil dren, Mrs. Cora Bucknpr, of. Siler, City; Rev. \V. J. Buckner of. Dan bury ; Mrs: Ludie E. Siler of Siler j City, Rt. 1. . * ONE MORE IN JAIL HERE ON CAR STEALING CHARGE Last Thursday Deputies Cal, Des-’ ern and Lacy Johnson hied away to Greensboro with capias for J. Clif ton Palmer, another youngster char ged with a share in the automobile stealing that seems destined to fill up Mr. John Burns’ boarding house in Pittsboro. The officers got their man and were back with him i n time for to sleep in the Burns’ hostelry. The youth is only eighteen years of age. Since January 13 he is reported as having been employed in a Greensboro bakery. If this work keeps up Pittsboro ! can soon get a new population rat | ing. It is fortunate that the new j .iail population is not being drawn ! from one of the contending cities ;of Charlotte and Winston. If the ! deportations to Pittsboro were from j either it would soon lose out in the contest as to which is the larger city. - ' The Record is informed that the ! state many reimburse Chatham coun ity for boarding the fellows being i brought here on the automobile theft ' case. * Chatham, at this writing, has j not one of her own citizens in the ! lockup. But one of the Presnells has made bond and gone back to ! Randolph, presumably. Th» Presnells got a taste of their ; own medicine last week. Their fill i ing station near Seagrove, left un i der the charge of their father, was robbed while the boys were in jail here. BOOK LEARNING NOT THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING (Monroe Enquirer) In a little “house organ” magazine j I ran across tb following which is entirely too good and true not to pass along: Now that everybody is going to college or'trying to go, it is becom ing clear that college education is not all that it was once thought to be. Not everyone is fitted for the in- THE CHATHAM RECORD I c 54. fashion i ' A frock made along the lines of . this charming model will prove * n asset to your spring wardrobe — for it can be worn for any number of occasions. The blouse is fash<j ioned of Duotone Cashmere and 1 Fthe skirt 1 of Crepe. The side pleats J -rand shoulder tucks add a pleasing feminine touch. ' ■ *;.**’ L —— ~— ~i tellectual life.. Many good,,boys and* girls are . injured rather tjian helped, by college., - ;i ; • ... : . Charles-J. Finger, a,, former rail road operator, and now a. literary far mer, tne, father of five children, rer cently reflected on the younger gen eration, and said: ... “Do not set too high a value on the schools and institutions of learn ning. You achieve no crowning tri umph by sending a boy or girl to college. Indeed, it is grotesque and ridiculous to look upon mere book learning and classes as a something to which all should be subjected. First build your boy or girl. First aim to develop character. First leave the child to find an ideal. The rest will take care of itself. “One of my lads cared nothing at all about the higher institutions of learning, though his high school rec- j ord was excellent. His expressed aim was to produce the best line of poul-, try possible. So, high school being j finished, he set to work, dilligently, industriously, persistently. And he j is winning. First'at the local exhi ! bition, .then at Fort Smith at. Roan- j noke, Va., at Birmingham, Alabama, at the Missouri fair —takino- ribbons, winning sweepstakes, getting a prize for the Grand Champion. And there ir. ouite as much done for society in the raising of a good chicken as in writing a soi net. Burbank stands [ as high as Shakespeare. The world owes as much to Stephenson of the ; locomotive as vo Stevenson of Trea- ; sure Island. Ifenrv Ford’s inven-! t : on was of as positive and distinct I character as DeFoe’s invention of the novel. The growth of society must be symmetrical, and without nourished root there can be no flow : ei*. Over emphasis as to purely in tellectual pursuits is weakness.” BOY. WHO SLEW DEPUTY IN DEFENSE OF MOTHER, FREED PORTOLA, Cal., Feb. 6.—Be cause he shot and killed a n officer of the law in defense of his mother, John Schlochter, 17, is out of the! pale of the courts today. The boy entered the lobby of a hotel, operated by his mother and I f ound her engaged in an argument j with Deputy Sheriff William A. ! Stevenson. The deputy sheriff drew a revolver and brandished it over his mother, authorities said. The j boy fired a bullet through the man’s biain killing him instantly. After a coroner’s jury had return j ed a verdict that he killed the of | ficer in defense of his mother, young Schlochter was released from police custody and officials announced that he would not be prosecuted. CONNETICUT GIRL OF GOOD FAMILY TO BE MARRIED O NEGRO TOMORROW ROCKVILLE, Conn., Feb. 6. Undismayed over the storm of crit icism that has been aroused by the j plan of Beatrice Fuller, 19 year old “blue blood” society and Mayflowrer .descendant to Wed Clarence Kellem, a mulatto, the principal sin the “gen uine love match” today completed plans for their wedding tomorrow. “Oars is a case of love at first sight,” Miss Fuller said. “I fell in love with Clarence at the first meeting and he fell head 1 j over heels in love with me, to. 1 j I konw I’m making no mistake in mar - I Tying him.” I I" The prospective bridegroom, who I ! served two years in the United ' States navy, was equally frank about ! the marriage. - ' *• “Yes, I expect to get married to morrow,” Kellem said. “No I don’t know who will perform the cere mony. or whether it will be in the bride’s home or in church.” • v - Kellem’s n*gro descent is not read ily apparent. At first glance he ap pears white. But when the reporter . er asked hirn if his father was a mulatto, he' frankly replied: ‘•No. he'was a 'full blood negro! :My mother was white:” * ‘ : • “She loves me • and I love her. Why shouldn’t we get married? I don’t see why all this fuss about it.” Watchmen in Tow ers Look Out For Destructive Blazes Much Care Being Takreii To Guard Eastern Counties From Fires (Raleigh Times) “Spring forest fire season, stalk ing ahead of the calendar in Eastern North Carolina, has been met by well-timed preparations pn the part of the Forestry Division of the De partment of Conssrvation and De velopment in counties organized for ! control measures. .During the last days, forest fire lookouts on Eastern North Carolina i have been placed on duty in antici pation of an early outbreak of sea 1 ... - I ' j | Lindbergh Leads The Flyers || | Griffon Leads The Clothiers • i: t ‘ i 4 ♦ z ♦ I We have iust receied a Beautiful : ♦. - : | Lot of > I Griffon Suits 1. . ! % Come in Today and Let Us • | Dress You Up ♦ ♦ o ♦ X ♦< ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ❖ 4 > I Dalrymple, Marks & Brooks ; I ♦ “ONE PRICE CASH STORE” > t , > | Wicker Street. Sanford, N. C. | I ! a % •• . ( sohel fires* Sandhill forests *are the pro i tection of Marvin Black, towerman, ! stationed on topi of 'the fjr'olina ! Hotel at Pinehurst in the middle of November. His range of vision from this vantage point covers all of the | Moore County Forest area and parts of Hoke, Richmond, and Montgomery counties. * Towerman W. A. Graham, of Oli via, has recently been stationed on the Cameron Hill tower in Harnett county, where he assists in the pro tection of forests in westren Har nett, and parts of Lee, Moore, Hoke, and Cumberland. From his station atop the new 60-foot steel tower in Cumberland county, D. Nordan, is contributing to the preservation of forests in Cum berland, Harnett and Sampson coun ties. Warden forces, the department announces, have been strengthened in order to meet the demands occa sioned by the annual outbreak of for est fires in Eastern North Carolina, while preparations are being made for a somewhat later season in the western part of the state. COLORED COLUMN ]■ (By REV. G. C. ROBERTS) Many of the colored churches had ! vacant seats the past two Sundays. On the fifth Sunday it was bitter cold, preventing attendance, and last Sunday it was rainy. In country districts the roads are practically impassable.- This winter has given us some of the coldest .days some of us ever saw. Yet. despite the weafhre sev eral of our young folk have taken on additional responsibilities: The following young couples have mar ried: Clarepce, DeGraffenreid and /Emma Headen; James Nettles and JLaomie Headen. Both bf theSfe- I, girls arfe daughters of Mr. Wilson/ Headen, the Hickory Mountain but cher. , Also; Odus Beal and Connie Emerson, of Hickory Mountain have married. Then there are Mr. John Street and Miss Helen Holmes, which is the youngest couple that has mar ried in Gulf township. Both bes ; and girl are of excellent parentage. MR. JOHN BRANSON Mr. Joan” Branson, of Bear Creek ..• township, died Thursday; January 26. Mr. Branson, who lived alone, when he became ill he managed to get over to Mr. E. A. Kidd's and was there for the two weeks of his ill ness, His son, Mr. H. T. Branson came down from Greensboro and stayed with his father during his illness. He was 78 years old, and had been in good health up to his final illness, which was The burial was at Mt. Zion church, the services being conducted by Rev. John Kidd of Bennett. Mr. Branson’s wife had been dead 46 years. Os his seven children, Mr. H. T. is the only one living. Mr. Branson had lived alone, about 80 year^j: PAGE FIVE
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