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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878 Today WASTED VALUES. SWEARING OFF. CHURCHES SHOULD BE BIG LIONS AND SHEEP. By ARTHUR BRISBANE The greatest of all waste goes on inside the human brain, of which 999 one-thousanas remain idle and unused, even in well-managed brains. Millions of brains do not work at all, only remember and repeat, never create. But that will change. Consider what ants and other insects accom plish, having been here many mil lion years ahead of us. We are only 12,000 years from the late Stone Age, which is the most en couraging fact in history. Give men ten to fifty million more years, with deepening convolutions and in herited knowledge, and see what they will do. A mud wasp, as Fabre shows, is born knowing how to perform a most delicate surgical operation, dif ficult for a skilled man. New born human babies, 50,000,000 years hence, will know more of mathemat ics than Newton knew when he died, more cf music than Beethoven and Bach combined. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who un derstands human nature, encourag es, understands human nature, en courages the building of Dr. Reis ner’s skyscraper church in New York, says “churches must be big enough to dominate skyscrapers. Material as well as spiritual dominance is needed.” That sound idea inspired builders of the old cathedrals. When the Pope ordered Michel Angelo to build St Peter’s in Rome, dominance was the idea as it was in the building of the cathedrals of Cologne, Milan, Notre Dame and others. To control men you must control their IMAGINATION. Mussolini has old-fashioned ideas and good ones. The new twenty-lira piece, worth sl, bears an inscription worth many dollars: “Meglio vivere un giorno da leone, che cento anni da pecora,” meaning, “It is better to live one day like a lion than one hundred years like a shfiGp.^ It’s hard to make a sheep believe it. Like a man half-heartedly swear ing off in the morning, the world is trying to give up war. And this country, which never started a war against Europe, is expected to do most the reforming. It’s like asking Moody and Sankey to sign the pledge first, or entreating the Rev. Dr, Straton not to believe in Darwin. The individual must solve his own problems, with the use of will power. “The heart knoweth his own bitterness.” Each of us knows what he ought to do. Few of us do it. Nations know what they ought to do. None of them does it. Eu rope ought to stop fighting, and can t. We ought to mind our own business, j and can’t. KIMBALTON NEWS Nettie and Nellie Bowers came home for the wek-end. They have a position in Burlington. Jeana Ferguson, 12«year-ola daughter of Hamp Ferguson, is not improving an expected. She had an operation at St. Leo Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Welster ar lme proving after an attack of flu. Troy Ferguson was at home one Hqu loef iirpplc Dewey Harris has returned to his work in Virginia. ’Squire Lysander Johnson repre sented the local Masonic Lodge at the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. S. C. Beal of the firm of Beal Bros., here Monday, informed the Record that the firm is now build ing a top-soil road from Zebmlon to Selma. They had been located at Fayetteville. Indiana’s pbief Harry G Leslie, lormer stai loot ball player, is the new Governor - oi, Indiana, on whose broad shoulders falls the responsibility foi reforming tht Republican party in Indiana The Chatham Record Dtirant PrtzeW inner :• ..v *j|l Bf \ ■'iy'j. A' '' r i Malcolm O. Alinack, IS year old Palo Alto, Cal., high school boy, won SI,OOO for himself, $4,000 for •his school by writing the best stu dents’ Essay on the Solution of the Prohibition Problem in the contest conducted bv r Court In Session Judge Midsrette Presiding— Solicitor Williams and Clerk Hatch 111—D r L. Bell Acting Solicitor. Court convened promtply Monday for a week’s term for the trial of criminal cases. Judge Midyette is presiding. Solicitor Williams was absent because of illness, as was Clerk Hatch. The following grand jury was empannaled: H. F. Dur ham, foreman, Charlie Page, W. A. Buckner, C. P. Hackney, George Mann, J. A. Eubanks, James Knight, O. D. Fields, J. T. Gilliland, N. J. Thrailkiil, G. W. Meyers, C. R. El kins, A. A. Marks, Frank R. Hend erson, W. T. Hamlet, R. H. Mills, Isaac Brooks. Judge Midgette, *in addition to in structing the jury upon the law and their specific duties, asked for the cooperation of ail persons concerned with court business. He asked even the citizen who shall concern him self in the matter of the penalty to be decreed in any case to cooperate in behalf of justice and the good of the state. He cons essed that he would be more or less influenced in imposing penalties by the solicita tion of those whom he assumes to be good citizens; that, for instance, if a man should be convicted of a crime and several of his neighbors should appeal to him and make statements to the effect that the convicted man had maintained a .goojtl character up to the time of his accusation in the case in question and that he was this and that and the other, and that they httMdhe would be as light up on ,as possible, he would almost assuredly lighten the penalty, and if his action should be mistaken, it would not be his fault but that of the citizens who pleaded for leniency. He must be guided by the best information at hand; there fore he hopes that citizens will be sincere in their pleas. A large part of M'onday was spent in hearing the cases against Doctor West for running into Mr. Kirkman’s car at Ore Hill last July, and as we go to press on Tuesday evening, it is impossible to get enough of the week’s business in the paper this week to amount to much. Accord ingly, a full report will come next week. F. C. Mann Suffers Serious Accident Mr. F. C. Mann was sent to a Durham hospital with fractured ribs and painful bruises as a result of the crash of a hit and run automo bile driver with his car on the high way near Chapel Hill, Tuesday rij ght, Jan. 8. Mr. Mann was on his way to Dur ham to see Mrs. Mann who had had a tonsilectomy when as he was on the curve near Sparrow’s filling sta tion a car came tilting round the curve on his side of the road, hit the hub of the Mann car, and turned it squarely over and off the highway. The miscreant backed out and kept going, leaving it for another to res cue Mr. Mann. The car was seriously injured, but fortunately Mr. Mann escaped with less injury thaa seemed probable. He spent two or three days in a Dur ham hospital and is now at home re cuperating from his dangerous ex perience. DEATH OR MRS. REYNOLDS Mrs. J. J. Reynolds, aged 57, died unexpectedly Christmas night while returning home from an Xmas entertainment at Christian Chapel. She was apparently in the best of health when she started home but became ill and died immediately, while in sight of home. The funer al was held on Thursday morning, Dec. 26, at eleven ’clock at Chris tian Chapel. Burial followed in the church cemetery. The deceased is survived by her husband, J. J. Rey nolds, one daughter, Mrs. Beulah King, Wilmington, N. C., and three sons, Tom and Leamond Reynolds, Merry Oaks, and Van Reynolds, Raleigh. Mr. H. R. Harward, who was re ported as improving from a stroke of paralysis last week, was later very ( near the point of death from pneu monia. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17th, 1929 A Review of State Affairs Last Week j Legislature Convenes —New Governor Inaugurated—lm portant Matters to Come Before Legislature. Last week saw the convening of the Legislature at Kale.gn on lues day and the inauguration of the new governor on r riday. The am endment to the constitution added two years ago fixed tns inaugura tion lor January 1, out it seemed to suit the new governor better to wait till after tne assemoiing of the Legislature, and as tne constitution is not much of a matter between friends, the governor-elect was ac l comodated, and the inauguration of him and the other state officers oc curred after the legislative ball had begun to roll, and when the fellows were on the ground to see it well done and add their cheer to the oc casion. If the inauguration had oc curred January 1, the solons would have to make an extra trip to Ra leigh or would have missed parti cipation in the affair. Evidently, the sponsors of the amendment hadn’t thought of that, and the only way to avoid the difficulty was to ignore the constitution. However, this is not the first slight it has ever had. Anyway, what is the constitution among friends? But the postponement was par ticularly a fortunate thing for At torney General Brummit. That of ficer, supposedly one of the best qualified in the capitol to make a big income in private practice, had been getting only $4,000 a year, but was allowed to practice law on the side. The latter fact and the great increase of legal business in connection with the comparatively recent developments in road building and the licensing and other regula tions growing out of the develop ment of the automobile made it necessary in late years to add two assistants, in addition to assistant Nash, who is a sine-quo-non, or in English an indispensable. The con stitution forbids raising an officer’s salary after the beginning of his term. Therefore if the inaugura tion had been effected on January 1, Mr. Brummitt would have had to work another term oh the basis of the $4,000 salary. But the post*- ponement gave a chance to remedy this matter, and a bill was hastily prepared raising his salary to $7,500; but the legislature is sup posed to be bent toward economy and a justification was necessary. It was found requiring the attorney general to devote all his time to the office and the further require ment that one of the $4,500 assist ants be disposed of. That looked like hitting Chatham right off the bat, as Walter Siler was the last assistant chosen by Mr. Brummitt, in whose hands the selection of as sistants rests. But it is turning out that Charlie Ross is the man to go. However, it is understood that he will be provided for otherwise. Mr. Ross has been assigned as le gal advisor to the highway commis sion and has for several years been hand-in-hand with Frank Page in the development of the highway. Mr. Page has resigned to accept a vice-presidency of the Wachovia Bank, and it is thought at this writ ing that Mr. Ross will be given a secretaryship to the highway com mission, which, with part time at tention of Mr. Page, will avoid the necessity of a high-priced chairman to fill Mr. Page’s shoes, for Mr. Page was getting the biggest salary in the state, the magnificent sum of $15,000 a year. The advance ment of the highway work and the decision not to issue any more high way bonds, justify a cut in the over head expenses of the department, and thus it can be made, and Mr. Ross maintained in state employ ment, while Mr. Siler will continue as assistant attorney general, a place he is filling with great credit to himself. But the economy legislature vot-. ed immediately an expenditure of $2200 for inauguration expenses, another little thing that hadn’t been provided for when the amendment went into force, and a big time was had by all when the throng gathered Friday and the stage was set for the inauguration of the man who decided when he was a student at State college that he would be gov ernor of the state. The big item in the inauguration was Mr. Garner’s speech. In it he championed a secret ballot, favored the continuance of the primary but recommended the strengthening of the laws, proposed the addition of another cent tax on gasoline for the care of all public roads now taken care of by the counties, etc., the list being found elsewhere in this paper. Governor McLean retires after a most successful administration and Governor Gardner starts out under most favorable auspices. The Hafuse of Representatives chose A. H. Graham of Orange as speaker. His prospective opponents for the honor had been left out in the primary last June or were beat en by the combinaiotn of Republi cans and anti-Smith Democrats in the November election. Consequent -1 ly, for the first time in many years there was no contest among Demo- - «. ___ , R. O. Welch Passes i At Siler City Home Had Been I!! One Week Fol lowing Stroke of Paralysis; Hold Funeral Today R. O. Welch, well-known citizen of this community died at his hom,e here tonight. Deatn followed an ill ness of one week that resulted from a stroke of paralysis. Funeral rites will be held at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon at First Baptist church, of which Mr. Welch was a member. The services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. C. Canipe. The local Masonic order, of which Mr. Welch was a member, will have charge of the service at the grave. Interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery. Mr. Welch was a traveling sales man, having been conected with the W. S. Donnon Hardware company, of Richmond, Va., for the past 25 or 30 years. The deceased was 62 years old and he was one of the best known and most highly esteemed of the community’s residents. Surviving are the widow; two sis ters, Miss Ida Welch and Mrs. Fan nie Smith, both of this city; and two brothers, P. G. Welch, of Greensboro, and O. H. Welch, of j Pittsboro. ENTERTAINS IN HONOR OF MRS. NOOE Pittsboro, N. C., Dec. 6.—One of the most distinctive and charming social affairs of the post-holiday season was the bridge luncheon and shower given on Tuesday morning by Mesdames Victor R. Johnson and E. R. Hinton at the lovely colonial home of Mrs. Johnson on Hillsboro St., honoring Mrs. David B. Nooe, nee Miss Evelyn Alston. The lower floor of the home was mest artistically decorated in bloom ing house plants, palms and ferns, while open fires added to the attrac tiveness of the interior. ? Lovely place cards expressing a “Happy New Year” marked the seating arrangement of the guests. Promptly at 12:30 a delicious four course luncheon was served by the hostesses. Following the luncheon bridge was played at five tables and rook at one. signal from the car<ls were laid aside and all gather ed around the table where the guest of honor, Mrs. Nooe, was seated. An exciting half hour followed, while the gifts, which were presented to the honoree by Mrs. Victor R. John son in her usual pleasing manner, were unwrapped and admired. Among those present were: Mrs. Fisher Makepeace of Sanford; Mrs. W. H. Jones of Greensboro; Mrs. \ Cicero Groome of Groometown; Mrs. D. B. Nooe, Mrs. A. H. London, Mrs. Jas. L. Griffin, Mrs. J. W. Hunt, Mrs. R. C. Shannonhouse, Mrs. J. M. Gregory, Mrs. L. N. Womble, Mrs. G. W. Blair, Mrs. Ernest A. Farrell, Mrs. H. D. Gunter, Mrs. Wade Barber, Mrs. C. E. Bryan, Mrs. Walter C. Johnson, Mrs. Mat thews, Miss Cordie Harmon, Mrs. Will F. Bland, Mrs. R. M. Farrell, Mrs. E. B. Hatch, Miss Pauline Tay lor and Mrs. W. R. Tatum. Mr. Lee Durham of Burlington is spending a few days with his broth er Mr. I. A. Durham on route 2. Mrs. W. M. Lindsey came in from Winston-Salem to visit home folk in the Brown Chapel community. cratic candidates for this honor, and though the Republican force in the House is much stronger than in many years, they could not hope successfully to oppose the Demo cratic nominee. Senator T. L. John son of Lumberton was chosen pres ident-protem of the senate, whose duty is to preside in the absence of the lieutenant governor. Elmer Long presided till after the inaugu ration, when he turned over the gavel to the new lieutenant governor, Mr. Fountain. On this occasion many fine things were said of the service of Mr. Long as lieutenant governor for the last four years. Alex. Las siter was chosen for the tenth time as chief clerk of the senate. Need ham Mangum, who was reading clerk in the house during the recent sition in the senate. Mr. Martin terms, was promoted to the same po is again chief clerk of the house. The adoption of new rules limit ed the number of clerks to be em ployed in the house, particularly, and also forbade the giving of bo nusses at the close of the session. But it wfir be well to watch and see just how well that rule is ob served. The legislators are apparently determined to cut expenses, but as the people have voted an amend ment which raises the salaries of the legislators themselves from $4 to $lO a day, the session will be the most costly held, despite any enconomies observed. Hitherto the members scarcely got enciigh to pay their expenses. But from this i day they are drawing ten dollars a 1 day, and membership in the body i has become more desirable. The salary bill of the state is increased about $60,000, or $360 for each of 170 members. And this comes to the fellows when they were not counting upon it when they became candidates. I Best Mermaid ■UfIM SHE Eleanor Holm of New York has een rated as the best' all-round eirl 192a , s > i° >5 £d reigns IGI pounds. Desoite her youth she has broken many records! Parent-T eacher Meeting The Pittsboro P. T. A. wil hold its regular meeting Friday night, Jan. 18th, at 7:00. In addition to having important business to transact there will be a program given by the school chil dren. The Association is very anxious for all members to pay their dues since the state dues have to be paid by Feb. Ist. At 8:00 th Pittsboro basketball team will play Roxboro in the audi torium. Our boys need your sup port Friday night. Roxboro has a splendid team, having defeated Pittsboro on the Roxboro court by a small score. A good game is expect ed as our boys are determined to have revenge for the defeat landed them. Mrs. Cordon, our next president, says that she believes in the P. T. A. backing the boys. SCHOOLS- AND TAXATION _ (By A Subscriber) As our General Assembly is in ses sion, the question is being asked by our people, What about an eight months school term? And people are wondering how much taxes will be raised. Now, do not misjudge me and think I am opposed to educa tion, for I am a firm believer in edu cation ai\d advocate of it. But with regards to an eight-months school term, I am concerned as to wheth er it means having better educated children or merely a longer term for athletics, etc. Some of our best educated men of today did not have advantage of even a four-months term. But they grasped the opportunity they did have and did not waste their time, as we are bound to see is being done today. Now the people have stood for about all the taxation they can, and feel like asking that the slogan sug gested by former Senator L. M’. Blue of Scotland county and a member of the equalization board, “A dol lar’s worth of service for every dol lar of tax money,” adopted and en forced. For many feel that they are getting what they are supposed to be paying for. And we ask that some economy be used in order to secure funds for the lengthening of the school term if it must be lengthened. For instance, our county superintend ent’s salary is five or six times what that of J. L. Griffin’s or R. P. Jon son’s was, and they were two as good superintendents as the county has ever had. Besides, they drove a horse and buggy and visited every school in the county, white and black, while it seems now that the high schools are the only ones that get that attention. I know that our editor, who is a former teacher, wil] agree with me that many & teScrfer in the county now is getting two or three times as much salary as he and others got thirty or forty years ago, and. yet they are not doing nearly as much work as was required of the teach ers of the earlier days. For the lat ter were in the school room at 8:30 and did not leave till 4:00 p. m., or later. And the teacher of that day required the work from the children, orally or on the blackboard, and did not accept, as sufficient, stuff ready worked. Indeed, I know cases in which the parents have done the work, the child got credit for it, and the teacher pay for it. Again, the parents are heavily taxed because of change of school books, with scarcely anything being paid in exchange for the old ones. I know an occasion when only four cents was allowed for the old books :in exchange, while the parent was out 37 cents in addition for text on * the same subject. Parents who have large families, six or seven in school, can hardly afford to> make these books changes, and I think it is time for our legislators to be waking up to the conditions, and considering what the parent has to bear. Respectfully, A. SUBSCRIBER. VOLUME 52. NUMBER 21. FRED A. HOUSTON COMMITS SUICDE One of Chatham’s Best Citi zens Slashes Throat With. Razor at Mt. Vernon Springs Mr. Fred A. Houston, of Mt. Ver non Springs, committed suicide Tues day morning by slashing his throat with a razor. Mr. Houston was one of the most prominent and useful citizens of his community. He was treasurer of his church and teach er of an adult Sunday school class. He and his brother, Luther, lived together and were prosperous farm-, ers. He leaves a wife and one small son and a mother who is 84 years of age. The family has had influenza and Mr. Houston, who had a seige of" mental trouble many years ago* seemed to be troubled greatly by the disease. A gentleman who spent the night at the Houston home recently stated that the deceased paced the floor of his room through out the night. The burial was in the church yard of Mt. Vernon Springs church and the funeral services were in charge of Rev. Jonas Barclay. News Notes From Chatham Farms Thomas and Webster Recom f mend Lespedeza—Two Ex tension Experts in County This Week—Tobacco Seed Cleaner—Two Fine Heif ers. • 2 GREAT COTTON RECORDS Mr. R. H. Thomas, Siler City, R. F. D., wyites that he is very en thusiastic over Lespedeza or Japan Clover as a soil improver and pas ture crop for this county. Mr. Thomas has been seeding Lespedza during the past few years, and has greatly increased his corn yield through turning under Lespedeza, and following in corn. He also seeds red clover, and in fact, he always makes an effort to turn clover land for corn the following year. Mr. C. M. Webster of Siler City R. F. D. is also Well satisfied wfeih Lespddefcr -~Mr. first Lespedeza last year, and has asked the Agent to order him 100 additional pounds of seed this week. Two of the finest Jersey heifers seen in this section recently w£re bought by C. C. Poe from Mr. W. H. White of the Rocky River com munity. These heifers were out of a cow and her calf that Mr. White purchased from Ohio ten years ago. Both heifers are registered, one b eing 15 months old, and the other 18 months old. Mr. R. W. Graeber, Extension For ester, will visit this county the week of Jan. 14 for the purpose of con ducting forestry meetings and dem onstrations, and Mr. E. Y. Floyd, Extension tobacco Specialist, and Mr. G. W. Fant, Plant Disease spe cialist, will visit the county Jan. 24 and 25. At this time, tobacco meetings will be held in the New Hope sections, and also in the west ern part of the county. Tobacco fertilization, disease, seed treatment and marketing of tobacco will bo N discussed. As announced in last week’s is sue of this paper, the Agent has se cured a tobacco seed cleaner, and will clean tobacco seed, and treat them for all farmers who care to have their seed treated. This work will be done every Saturday in the Agent’s office, and also every first Monday. The winners in the South Caro lina five acre cotton contest as an nounced recently were R. L. Alver son of Spartanburg county, and A. B. Bowen of Oconee county. Mr. Alverson made a ‘total yielfd of 5,700 lbs. lint cotton on five acres, while Mr. Bowen made a total yield of 5,408 lbs. on five acres. Theso men used of course, a large amount of fertilized, but the secret of their success lies in the fact that they ; obtained the best seed possible, cul tivated the land continuously, a*d applied fertilizer intelligently. I _ . „ - X- * : | f ' f Dj. T. Murray, Palo Akc», Cal., pastor, and Stanford University professor, has been giv en a leave of absence by the univer sity to go East and serve at the "Friends Meeting” in Washington *■' President-elect and Mrs. : ) l.Linci will woiship.