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T*m**r. ' - 1 r Tftfe \ CHATHAM RECORD a—— i * '.it.l ■■ »■ '■■■" —■ O. J. PETERSON Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Otoe Year $1.50 & Months .75 Thursday. February 14, 1929. Kinston has become famous for the fre. k stories reported by Mr. .-JfcDevitt, correspondent of a num ber of the state’s papers, but here 1* repoit cr the deattj of a man whose character is as unique as any of McDevitt’s freaks. Writ ing at Kinston, the correspondent A friend of the destitute passed on when Fred Pulley, “barbecue Jaaa,” died here recently. Acquain tances are telling of Pulley’s kind ly feeling toward tr nips and oth ers down and out. Many asked for food at his place in the edge of tfce business distric:. None was ever refused. Pulley never swore an oath in his was s_id. His .smile was fa- i mous. He greeted the penniless beg gar with a smile and served him as graciously as the patron able to pay. No ma n needs a finer tribute. .I* 1 ® aver age enthusiast over the t-Jd blue back” missed the point of its excellence. Few. if any. learn the spelling „f a sufficient vocab- Warly m school, and even the cele brators of the “blue back” <io not Ollow It in such words a s “wilful” and “skilful.” If , . ~ ' xr rom-miber that the -bine back” spelled them that way. -fcc printer will not hav ? ®°* The excellency of the old hook consists in its nafcur 1 meth ods of teaching phonics, and enab hng pupils to pronounce the g of words spelled phonetical iy Theer is no better, nor quicker, method of teaching a child to pro nounce words for himself then the «fa-fasfc!oned process of h vincr ill chdd spefi through the biueback “in the book.” that is. to spoil and nr nounce the syllables and the whoP word. The old-fashioned n.-tho ’ V** incomplete in that it was followed by r pid drills on pro nouncing the columns of words with cut the spelling. The writer must have passed f;- C m the biueback to the National Fourth Reader, for he remembers no earlmr reader. Hu* coes distinctly recall reading ; n th f book of rather difficult selections the storv of Princ- Arthur and W H . tert, taken from Shakesnear’s Kino John, and the tot before he was ten years of rge couM re~d it w : <h an preciation. though three months a -ear ™s the liof his schooling ■np to that time. His little sistev who died before she was fr- e could pro nounce thn words in tbo w-ith possibly a few ro--nhon*H~ xmes. rh„ could have re/d through out* cf the modern third readers hi a few day? if had syrh a P o ok The ‘biueback” is pore valuable a* I? 8 d tK - teaching of read ng than of spelling. Th " editorial Da-agranh about the “blueb:ck” suggests the frequent abuse of che present s vet am remarkable * that the child learns to spell and pronounce at all uru*ler the unskilful tutelage of many prim rv teachers. The last time the writ ei entei ed a primary rc.-om he heard the children distinctly pro nouncing the vowel “u” with the sibilant or ncpirnt« sounds of the conson nts. Th° following is not an infrequent analysis of the sounds of the word bat: “bu-r-tu.” The “blue tack” teaches a child uncon-eious / ly the sounds of the letters, though he could sc rcrly givo tbo sound* apart from the word if asked. But when he '.has pronounced such a string of words as, saw “bab, b e. lad, b'g. bam, ban, bat,” h e just naturally knew how to fix his vocal organs to pronounce a “b.” and that is all there is to the pronounciation of a mute, the ve y word “con sonant” signifies that the letter has no sound excent in conjunction with a vowel, and that.is the reason that the prmarv has difficulty in teaching the sounds of the mutes without the accompanying sound of **u.” It is certa'nly, a bright child that ever gets “bat” out of “bu-a tu” The Dunn Dispatch sneaks of a man as “once a native” of Samp son county. But we recently no ticed recently in a larger paper a. reference to Mr. Hoover < s a “na tive” of California. Slips will oc enr, but any boy who 1 Has studied I-atin as much <as a year would be leas likely to make such a slip than the modern fellows who have sehnj no use in studying a deed lan fruage.” Latin is not «l«ad; it M 9 j — * rather like a great .oak ’Dibich, to be . siire, has been cut down, but from its wide-spreading roots have sprung ! many shoots. I Half the words in the big English dictionary, it is esti- j mated, pre Latin words or derived ! from words, and “native” is one of them, meaning “born.” Then, it is not likely, as suggested by the read ing of the article mentioned, that a | man w s once a native of Sampsqn j and later became a native of Wayne. . A PRACTICAL EDUCATION! How can a fellow keep from writ- j ing editorials when one suggests; another? We have just written a; paragraph about Latin, and here is i an article in the Monroe Journal t about a Georgia farmer who made j 12 bales of cotton on five acres, j from which he cleared nearly $1100! and, in addition, secured prizes amounting to $1250 and a trip to Mexico ,for the best cotton crop in Georgia. He also netted SI9OO, from a flock of 800 hens besides hav ing the benefit of a fcreat quantity of valuable fertilizer. But the point is, the farmer, W. H. C mp, is not a graduate of the Georgia ag ricultural college, but of Emory, and his course consisted of “Latin, Greek and English, well mixed with mathematics. Little of the modern “practical” education in that course! All tb?t course did for the man was to make him a thinker and enable him, if he should see fit, to learn anything anybody else knows, either j | by direct observation or from books. The modern idea is to teach in ! the schools, ,at the expense of the i taxpayer, what any sensible man | {can learn for himself in half the j Fine, especially if he has a trained j mind. We recently called attention ' i t'l the agitation for a course in the j | miHlic schools on the resources, de- ' j vrloprr-ents, etc., of North Carolina, j i That is an instance of trying to do !in the schools what an education ; will do for its possessor in short j order so soon as he thinks it worth j while. Our former illustration was | the attempt of the school not mere |ly :o help the student sharpen his j intellectro 1 a>?e, but to have him i cut his life’s quota of wood under . its direction. In mo/t cses, we | fear, the axe is left unsharpened, land the teacher-directed wood-chop- 1 ; *s dor*' with a dull axe and j i without the interest of the pupil. ! Till the Georgia Tech can pro i ciuce its graduate who can beat Mr. j C amp raising cotton or producing a ! profit from hens, we feel that we j stall have to ccns’der "Mr. Camp’s | education a praet’C 1 one. Bv the i wav M"r. Csn- v ' was not verv well and i h d to hire all his v.o k dene in the | cotton. i ; THE VATIC \N .STATE The pope has at last r. little state lto play sovereign over. But this is '■net significant of s pos'icility of his : grasping the rule of the world, or ' ‘ oven of the United State- On the contrary, it suggests the silliness of those who fear the claim-of‘the pone j to temporal power, since Ire is court j ecus’y givc-n the privilege of erect , ing rli :*le state of r. few city blocks c mens on in Romo, wheuoas the james ruled a large part of Italy for 1100 ye r-. f-H the igntv vas taken rvav f ’om him in 1870 upon the unification of Italy and v -s taks-n way from him bv Coth cl r cs. and Italian Calhol’cs at that. There is 1 u'o" !’on that the pope wo 1 1 ’ like to hve domain again, but even Italian Cathol ; cs a e opposed to such temporal do n a’n ard will ’not hve it. Than. | how foolish it is to think tha. a> rni i mralively few Catholics in America, horn rrtd hr°d a free . actively participating in the affairs of government, would. if ley could, throw America unde - ' F-e domain of the pope, or could if , v ' e v would! Not onlv did the Ital i ns take away his domain but th° Catholics of France, Mexico, and other countries whpre they are in j overwhelming majority, have entire- j hr separated state rffairs from the; Vatican. Clearlv. whatever j the pone would like,' C tholics. here | and abroad, h-ve no desire to | , him dominating governments. and, there has been no country in which ! the pope has exertecUlesn influence I in the state th n in Italy., -right where he reigned for 1100 years. A1 Smith was no exoonF-~< - declared that his ‘.attachment tc the Pope would have' no bearing unoti ftis activities as president should be be elected. It is to be feared that the .reduc tion in taxes i>y the addition of mi , oth er cent on gaspline tax for the use of county will not result in the relief Chatham’s t xes will be the extent of $35J)00, . will r*itrqads. the j pm W/ffj-rtfc ejr #ht«r arises which jmmL incomes l'egul ted I basis. Prac tically -every payer of tax on land has a car, and the extra cent's tax upon gasoline will, in many cases, overbalance the reduction in taxes upon his land. The reduction in the t x will amount to a relief of some thing like 20 cents on the hundred dollars, or less. That on a farm as sessed at $3,000 will be $6.00, and i: t kes only 600 gallons of gaso line purchased in a year to add that add tional z mount to the cost, or little more than eleven gallons a week. The holder of SISOO worth of property will balance his t x re lief by the purchase of 5 1-2 gal lons a week. The C. P. & L. Co., w'hich pays about a fifth of the tax es of the county, since it uses corn par tively little gas, will save a j handsome sum; so will the railroads. . But the doctors, truck drivers, depu ty sheriffs, etc., will have it soaked to them. But, fortunately,, the jov riders will have to pay for part of ; the relief afforded the railroads ahd the "power company. It should be somi? satisfaction to the taili- | road , comp nies to realize that the cars racing along the highway? par alleling their tr cks are helping pay the tax from which they have been relieved. It is evident that if the property tax should be largely abandoned for a sale tax, the corporation commis sion should immediately get busy and seduce the electric power prices, ) the railroad ticket prices and freight j rates. The present prices of elec- j triicity and railroad service are sup- ! posed >to provide for the payment j Jof liberal taxes. In case the proper- ! jty tax should be greatly reduced, i | the entire burden would fall upon j I the people they /would still be pay- J j ing rates to the railroads and pow- I I er companies that are justified on- j I ly by expectation of a heavy <tax- j burden. MAKING THE HIGHWAYS ! SAFER The Durham Herald points out I that “already several bills have been introduced in the . General j Assembly for the purpose of mak ing the highways more safe for travel,” and quotes Frank Page, former highway chairman, as say ! ing that 90 per cent, of the acci dents of North Carolina highways are due to “inefficiency, poor judg ment and recklessness of the driv ers.” One of the bills introduced in the assembly provides for a minimum fine of S2OO for a person to be con victed of driving a car while in toxicated. Another provides for a driver’s license, that license to be issued only upon examination as to fitness to drive a car. There are other bills in the making, it is un- i derstood, and quite likely tho As- j sembly wil lhave a difficult job of working out a general bill that will meet the requirements of the situa tion. The High Point Enterprise poionts out that during the past year there were -1,300 major accidents on State roads. Applying the estimate of | It May. Be . % ' I j ; [ ; i CM lbrit CW i Castoria is a comfort when Baby is fretful. No sooner taken than the little one is at case. If restless, a few drops soon bring contentment. No harm done, for Castoria is a baby remedy, meant for babies. Perfectly safe to give the 1 youngest infant; you lmve the doctors’ word for that! It is a vegetable pro- i duct and you could use it every day. But it’s in an emergency that Castoria means most. Some night when constipation must be relieved—or colic pains—or other suffering. Never be without it; some mothers keep an extra bottle, un- 1 opened, to make sure there will always lie Castoria in the house. It is effective for older children, too;; read the book that comes with it. i THE CHATHAM RECORD Mr. Page, it would appear l.hat 3,* | 870 of those accidents could have been avoided by a control of the drivers’ weaknesses. “In those ac cidents of the State roads,” says the High Point paper, “600 people were killed and many injured., Thirty five per cent, of the victims were children under 14 years of age. “The property loss was estimated at five million dollars. “With these statistics in mind, Mr. Page advocates a strict driver licensing law and a constabulary to enforce the law and other traffic: regulations. “The State should license sober, competent and careful drivers and j it should proceed as rapidly as prac-, I ticable to weed out the holders of | licenses who fail in any of these qualifications. , •. | “Last year 768 drivers were con victed of using the State highways i while drunk. Mr. Page observed. It Is reasonable to presume that sever al times as many drunken drivers I escaped arrest and conviction. j “it might be interesting to know ‘ how many cases of drunken driving there were, but of more importance, perhaps, would be information as to how many of the 768 convicted were allowed to resume their places at the wheels of automobiles. “The State issues a license to every individual who applies for it and who can pay the price. The public bears the consequences of | this wholesale' and unregulated re lease of incompetents. “In developing his condition that the human element is the present ' weakness in traffic, Mr. Page as serts that the automobile makers have perfected the machine so that j it is safe under almost any ordinary ! conditions with a skillful driver at the wheel. The roads have been improved and marked so that they have been relieved of many of theie natural hazards. Yet the great to tal of accidents and casualties con tinues to mount. “Sooner or later the State must do what Mr. Page proposes. A | strict licensing law will not suffice J but such a law and a police force to j make it effective untimately may be ', expected to “render the highways of North arolina reasonably safe.” Members of the Legislature, it seems to us, should carry theiir ! economy program a JLttle farther j than consideration of financial as- ■ fairs. They should give the State j some law or laws that would re- j suit in economy in human life. It j is well and good to save dollars j here and there, but how much bet- j ter is it to save human jlives, and j we could save many of these with J Mother! Clean Child’s Bowels with “California Fig Syrup” ; M’T Even if cross, feverish, bilious, con- ~ stipated or full of cold, children love the P pleasant taste of “California Fig Syrup.” A teaspoonful never fails to clean the liver and bowels. Ask your druggist for genuine “Call- T fornia Fig Syrup” which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must _ say “California” or you may ..get an y imitbFon fig syrup. ! DR. J. C. MANN F I | * ♦ g the well-known J I J InEYESIGHT specialist | wflpbl at ’D?, Farrell’s Qf- « ] | flc'f, Pittsboro, Tuesday J |lFefe>26. at Dr. Thomas’ 1 off tee Thursday, Feb. 28 | <! u, Siler City. a ;t 10 AH. to 3 PM. 1 it. ‘2 | a system of highway patrolmen. U ADVISES SPENDING When a man becomes successful in any particular line, he is usual ly considered qualified by the aver age American citizen to offer ad vice upon uny subject, regardless of its relationship to the specialty in which the success had been made. Henry Ford, however, would be generally acknowledged as qualified to give advice as the accumulation of wealth, but just before Christ mas, a dictum of his attracted much comment. Mr. Ford was talking to newspaper representatives in a Washington, hotel and offered some advice to young men which read in part as follows: “No successful bo ever saved any money. They spent it ss fast as they got it for things to improve themselves.” Notice however, that the advice Mr. Ford gave' did not commend the reckless waste of money or the in discriminate expenditure of it un Get behind the wheel | and Get the facts 1 j I . . '■ against' oy auto - s - mofaile in die world : '* lei results on the mad determine votir choice a, . COUPES, £1195 to £1875 SEDANS, £1220 to £2145 SPORT CARS, £1225 to £1550 —These prite. f.r b. F irck Factory. Convenient terms car, be arranged on tLc liberal I G. M. A. C. Time Payment Plan. v Buick M otor 'Company, Flint, ichi ga n Division of General Motors Corporation BROWN BUICK SERVICE STATION Sanford, N. C. i BOXES OF SWEET OR PLAIN 10 ct. size snuff for 25 cents at R. J. Moore & Co.’s, Bynum. rHE JEFFERSON STANDARD Life Insurance Co., has more than fifty million Life Insurance in force on North Carolinians more than any other Company. Van Elkins represents them in this territory. VALUES—YOU WILL FIND~THEM at Hall’s. i'RESH MEATS RECEIVED EV ery day, prices lower than in large j towns. C. E. Durham, Bynum. rEXACO GAS AND OIL AT C. E. Durham’s. Bynum. Also Auto mobile accessories. iVHOLE JERSEY MILK—IS CTS. a quart delivered anywhere in Pittsboro early in the mornirig. Lexie Clark. fAN ELKINS SOLD MORE THAN one fourth Million Jefferson Stan dard Life Insurance last year— nearly fifty thousand gain over any previous year. Attractive ness of Jefferson contracts was the particular cause of the in crease. ISIT HALL’S FOR ANYTHING you wish. A complete line to out fit you from head to foot; at prices, too, that suit the shrewd est of value seekers. DR t'HE HIGHEST CASH PRICES /for Cedar posts and white oak ties take them -to R. M. Connell. Pittsboro. lEW GOODS BEING SHOWN DAL ly at Hall’s. Tt ou should see their shoes, dry goods, and readv-to prices. ROFESSTONAL NURSE—I am located o Pittsboro and offer my services hi JL professional nurse to fbe pekkyr of Chaiham county. ELSIE LUCIfcE PETERSON, I.N.,TiLNia me j wisely. He rtferely meant tlut * ! young man who invested in an ef fort to improve himself would event -1 ually accumulate money. Few peo ple will contradict his thesis. i I ’! I PresidenfgHost Howard R Coffin, at whose eaktiah £tate ; on Sea Island, off the tsSStoF r Georgia, President and Mrs. CdoUfea were Christmas yS?s. guests. .- -■ , -r _ - i i GOOD FLOUR $7.00 AT R. J. Moore’s, Bynum. |R. J. MOORE & CO.„ BYNUM, sell five razor blades for 35 cents. DELIVERY HOURS—POE AND Moore will deliver groceries each j morning from 9to 10 o’clock and each afternoon from 5 to 6 o’clock. j Phone in your orders. FROST PROOF PLANTS FOR SALE —Cabbage and Bermuda Onion plants, all varieties, SI.OO per 1,000, 5 thousand lots at 75 cts. a 1,000. Prompt shipment. Dorris Plant Company, Valdosta, Ga. NEW SHIPMENT OF DRY GOODS, latest patterns of ladies’ dresses, etc. at C. E. Durham’s, Bynum. IN ALL. VAN ELKINS HAS SOLD more than one and one-fourth mil lion Jefferson Standard Life In surance in and around Siler City and Pittsboro. All other agents combined have not done that same time. * P TWO FRESH FULL BLOOD JER sey Cows, registration papers in hand on one side. Will sell cheap. T. H. Harris, RFD, Siler City. CABBAGE PLANTS AND GARDEN seeds -for sale at Chatham Hard ware Store. HOUND DOG. MALE. HAS TAKEN un at my place. Owner can get same bv paying expenses. R. C. Ross, Moncure, R.jJ. VAN ELKINS SAYS THAT THE Jefferson Standard Life Insurance co., wrote more than twenty-five million in N. C. last year. No oth er Company wrote half as much. SHIP STUFF. $2.40 A SAUK. MO lasses Feed $2.90;' Hay.-. 51.50 per Flour, guaranteed qualities, v s7.fto te C. E. Durham’s, - T *ynum. Fefc. 1. PAGE TWO