A Paper with a Prestige
of a Half Century. A
County, Not a Com
munity Paper.
ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
gleaning history
FROM AN OLD-TIMER
The Record Quizzes Judge J.
S. Manning About Pittsboro
and Manning Family
It behooves the residents of any
community to catch and pass along
the traditions of the past, and it
the peculiar province of the
newspaper to put them in more per
manent form, or to make the knowl
edge of them more general. In
a Chatham The Record man has to
f. acquaint himself with the history of
the county-seat and county. Accord
ingly, when he gets a chance at an
old-timer he is alert to the oppor
tunity.
Such an opportunity arose Friday,
when Judge J. S. Manning, of Ra
leigh, was here on legal business.
First, the editor wanted to get a
clear understanding of the coming
of the first Manning to Pittsboro.
That was Judge Manning’s own fa
ther, the late John Manning, whose
name is perpetuated in the Manning
Law School at the University.
The original seat of the Manning
family was Edenton. Capt. John
Manning was a naval officer, and
captain of the famous gunboat The
Balnbridge. For convenience's sake
he moved to Norfolk. His young son
John started out with his father on
a voyage to South America and
Africa. At Rio Janeiro, he tired of
the gunboat regimen and returned
home. He decided to be a lawyer,
and came to Pittsboro to study under
hi? kinsman John B. Haughton, then
a well known attorney of this town,
and the grandfather of Mrs. Nat Hill,
Mrs. Calvert, Mrs. Ed Pou, arid Dr.
Ihrie. Mr. Haughton, if we get it
straight, moved to New Bern, and
young Manning assumed the practice
of his preceptor. Soon afterward he
married a daughter of Dr. Isaac Hall,
who then lived where Mrs. Henry A.
London now lives, and who was a
son of Judge John Hall, one of the
first justices on the supreme court
bench under the present organization.
The young couple built the Man
ning residence, now owned and oc
cupied by Mr W. M. Eubanks,, and
became fixtures in the old town. But
in 1881. John Manning was selected
head of the law school at Chapel
Hill. Previous to that date, Kemp
P. Battle, long time president of the
University, had taught law classes,
but under Mr. Manning’s auspices,
the law school first assumed form. ,
All the Manning children, how
ever, were born in Pittsboro. Judge
S. was a little chap when Wheeler’s
Cavalry encamped on the silk mill
hill, and he recalls how he was, one
day, peeping through the fence at
the soldiers when a cavalryman asked
him to get over and ride with him.
But he didn’t accept the invitation.
Many years later J. S. Manning
was attorney for Mr. Alex Ramsey in
a suit growing out of a tragic inci
dent at the close of hostilities. Gen
eral Atkinson with a Yankee force,
was encamped at Chapel Hill He
had forbidden his men to cross the
Haw River; yet a bunch of them did
cross it, robbed the DeGraffenreidt
home on Hickory Mountain, were
pursued by some Confederates who
happened to be at home. Two of
them, instead of crossing at Bynum,
wandered up toward the Pace Mill
bridge and were shot down by some
one. In 1885 Alex Ramsey sought
a government position and one Cheek
at Hillsboro opposed his appointment
on the grounds that he had murdered
those two Yankee soldiers. Ramsey
sued for slander or libel, and the
case came to trial with Mr. Manning
one of Ramsey’s counsel. Cheek made
out so clear a case that it became
necessary for Ramsey to go on the
stand or lose his suit, but he de
clined to do so. Judge Manning is
confident that it was not because he
had shot the men, but simply be
cause testimony to clear himself
would necessitate his telling who did
shoot the Yankees, and he was right
there and knew.
It was only a few days before this
interview with Mr. Manning that Mr.
E. M. Fearringtom told the Record
man about this tragedy, and that as
a little chap he visited the home
where the men were killed the next
morning and saw the bodies.
After the murder of the Yankees,
the people of . Pittsboro were great
ly disturbed lest General Atkinson
should send troops and take venge
ance upon the town. Two repre
sentatives of the town were sent to
General Atkinson, and when told
about the matter, that gallant offi
cer told them not to worty, that he
‘ tel forbidden the soldiers to cross
t .e river, and that if any more made
o predations over here to do them
- ie same way.
Judge Manning’ recalled March
1875, w r hen Judge McKoy, of din
tan, was holding court and a hurri
cane swooped down upon the town
and lifted the roof from the court
house, frightening the court, and all
the residents of the village. The
storms of last week were practically
on the anniversary of that storm of
1875, which seems to have been just
about such a storm as that which
wrecked a small section of Charlotte.
Me recalls that a little negro was
Wted bodily from the yard of its
home about where Victor Johnson’s
The Chatham Record
Library
Jerry Tripp, Veteran,
Buried Last Monday
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t The funeral of Veteran Jerry
| Tripp was held at Mann’s Chapel
Monday afternoon of last week. Mr.
Tripp was a member of Mt. Pleasant.
The pastor of the two churches, Rev.
Mr. Brown, conducted the funeral
service. Mr. Tripp served during the
whole of the war between the states,
and was wounded in the left shoulder.
1 1 He carried a minnie ball behind the
; shoulder-blade till death. He mar
' ried Miss Tish Suitt, who preceded
' him to the grave ten or twelve years.
‘ | Two sons and three daughters sur
’ j vive, namely, Messrs. W. F. and E.
W. Tripp, and Mrs. Bunn Wilson, of
I Alamance county, Mrs. Bettie Tripp,
of Bynum, and Mrs Evander Tripp
of Baldwin township.
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JUNIORS TO HEAR
SERMON APRIL 7
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State Chaplain Paul Caudill to
Preach at Mandate to
Junior Order at 2 P. M.
Editor Record:
There will be a Junior O. U. A.
M. sermon preached by Rev. Paul
Caudill, state chaplain of the Junior
Order, in the Baptist church at Mann
dale on the first Sunday in April at
2p. m. This will afford the brethren
an opportunity of seeing and hear
ing the state chaplain. We want a
full delegation from each council.
Manndale is near the Alamance line.
Highway 93, from Pittsboro to Gra
ham, runs by the church.
The following is the program for
the afternoon:
Song by congregation.
Invocation by H. C. Clegg.
Quartette by Cane Creek Council.
Scripture reading.
Quartette by Manndale Council.
Introduction by A. A. Apple, Burl
ington.
Sermon by State Chaplain, Rev. R.
Paul Caudill.
Quartette by Chatham council.
Song—“ God Be With You Till We
Meet Again”—by congregation.
Benediction by Rev. O. C. Loy,
Saxapahaw.
With best wishes for you and your
council,.l remain,
Yours respectfully,
W. T. HURST,
. District Deputy.
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New Ealm News
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Mrs. W. A. Drake spent the week
end with her mother, Mrs. Bettie
Thomas, on Pittsboro R. F. D. No. 1.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Jones
Sunday, March 24, a son.
Margaret Thomas, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. L. Mann,
has returned to her home near San
ford.
Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Goodwin and
children visited friends in Sanford
Sunday afternoon.
William Sturdivant of Mount
Pleasant spent Friday of last week
with his uncle, Mr. R. F. Sturdivant.
Mrs. R. F. Sturdivant and children
and Mrs. Glenn Tysinger spent Mon
day in Raleigh shopping.
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DURHAM EXPOSITION
Durham is preparing for a great
exposition. Many attractive and en
tertaining features are planned. Gov
ernor Gardner will deliver an ad
dress. A baby show featuring twins
and triplets will be a notable feature.
But there are so many attractions
on the schedule that we refer you to
the advertising of the Exposition, one
of which appears in this paper. The
exposition opens April 8.
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Nothing makes a bride so angry
as to be told that she might have
done better.
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Who wouldn’t walk a mile for a
Camille?
house is now and landed against the
bank on the east side of the road.
Wonder if it is possible that the lit
tle negro of that day is still' living,
and who it is.
About ten years after the removal
of the Manning family to Chapel Hill,
the youngest daughter died and was
buried here in the churchyard of St.
Bartholomew’s church. Besides Judge
Manning, two other sons still sur
vive, the two doctors, one mayor of
Durham and the other a resident of
Winston-Salem; also several sisters,
Mrs. Huske of Fayetteville, Mrs. Will
Webb, wife of the present principal
of the famous Webb school of Bell
buckle, Tenn., one unmarried daugh
ter, and possibly others not recalled
by the writer. . .
In connection with the mention
of Judge McKoy, whom the writer
knew and whose funeral he attended
while the writer was a school boy at
Clinton, Mr. Manning informed us
that Dr. Berry, who lived, we gather,
where Mr. W. T. Johnson lives, mar
ried a sister of Judge McKoy. The
family later removed to Wilkesboro,
where two of the sons have been
druggists.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929.
BONDS SOLD FOR
PAVING STREETS
Pittsboro Bond Issue of SIB,OOO
Sold for Street Improve
ments—Par at 6 Per Cent
The Record carried an advertise
ment of . a sale of SIB,OOO in Pitts
boro bonds but, it confesses, that it
took for granted that the bonds were
a part of the issue authorized by pub
lic vote for the instalment of s town
water system. But it turns out that
the assumption was incorrect and
that bonds are to be applied in
paving certain streets, and in fund
ing several thousand dollars of debts.
It is proposed, we understand, to
pave the sides of Main Street from
the curbs to the highway paving in
the middle, and to surface the depot
street, the one extending eastward
from the court house, and possibly
some of the cross streets. The sur
face of the latter are not to be ce
ment, but the tar and broken rock
surface, similar to that on highway
93.
The issue of bonds was sold last
week to Donald Lewis of Greensboro,
the price being par with accrued in
terest since January 1.
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Storms and Floods
Marked Last Week
Rains, wind, and floods played
havoc in numerous sections of the
South the past two weeks. South
eastern Alabama and southwestern
Georgia had unprecedented floods.
Towns were covered to the house
tops. In Tennessee a flood swept a
bunch of boy scouts from a river
bank where they were camping, sev
eral losing their lives. A cyclone
killed thirteen people in northwest
ern South Carolina, and a dip of a
storm wrecked a section of the sub
urbs of Charlotte and killed one
child. Other sections suffered sim
ilarly. The nearest cyclone to Pitts
boro was that which is reported to
have cut a swath across a part of
Randolph county, crossing the high
way near Staley only a few yards
from the Chatham line.
A young gentleman who saw some
of the effects reports that he saw
a huge white oak, apparently perfect
ly sound, twisted down. A Mr. York
four miles from Ramseur reported 4k&
loss at $4,000, in damaged houses
and timber. A Mr. Lowe near Staley
suffered losses also. It is said that
scuppernong vines were uprooted.
One man’s barn was reported blown
away. He as said to have found his
horses qquite a distance from the lo
cation of the barn, but no tracks
leading to the spot where they were.
From our informant’s description of
the effects, the storm in Randolph was
as severe as anywhere, but fortunate
ly did not strike any residence. Os
two tobacco barns standing near each
other, one was scattered to the winds
and the other left untouched.
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Club Notes
The Music Department met Thurs
day evening at the home of Mrs. R.
M. Favrell. The meeting was opened
with the club hymn followed by the
collect. The chairman, Mrs. Peter
son, read a letter from Mrs. Meekins
expressing thanks for our contribu
tion of five dollars to the Music Loan
Fund. Mrs. Peterson then gave a
resume of the work covered by this
department for the past club year,
the outstanding work being the study
of four of the greatest composers,
observance of Schubert Week, contri
bution to the Loan Fund, presenta
tion of Orthophonic Victrola and rec
ords to the Pittsboro school, a musi
cal tea, and special observance of
music week.
Following this report, on motion
of Mrs. Victor Johnson, a rising vote
expressing the love and lovalty of
the membters of the Music Depart
ment was extended Mrs. Peterson.
It was decided to have a rummage
sale, Saturday, March 30th.
On the fourth Friday evening, in
April, a musical tea will be held in
the club room.
Committees were.appointed as fol
lows:
Program—Mrs. Victor R. Johnson.
Decorations—Miss Cordie Harmon.
Refreshments—Mrs. A. J. Farrell.
The organists of the different
churches were requested to prepare
special music for the first Sunday in
May, this being the opening day of
Music Week.
The department, by a rising vote,
expressed its love, and sympathy for
Mrs. Henry A. London in her present
illness.
An amusing program of stunts was
given by those present.
Mrs. fFarrell served a delightful
salad course.
Mesc&mes C. C. Hamlet and G. W.
Brewer were guests present.
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It tatces sixteen acres of spruce
trees to make the paper for the Sun
day edition of a great metropolitan
newspaper. Every four years enough
newsprint is made from our forests
to form a strip as wide as a daily
paper and long, enough to reach to
the sun and bacj[ again.
J. H. LAWRENCE IS
1 SUED FOR $25,000
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) Daughter of Murdered Woman
Sues Man Convicted of
Crime for Large Sum
Mrs. Yandle, daughter of Mrs.
Terry, who was drowned in the Cape
; Fear river more than a year ago, and
i for the murder of whom J. H. Law
rence was convicted in Chatham
County Superior Court, has sued
Lawrence for the sum of $25,000
damages. Lawrence, after an un
successful appeal, is serving a term
of thirty years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Yandle* brings suit as ad
ministrator of the estate of her
mother, and sets up the claim that
the deceased was maintaining a home
for four children and that the finan
cial damage is reckoned at $25,000.
If the suit goes to trial it will
probably come up in the Durham
county court. Just how far the ver
dict of the jury here would be ac
cepted as evidence in a civil case
is an interesting question. Lawrence
is undergoing a penitentiary sentence
on the verdict of a Chatham county
jury, but whether a Durham county
jury would consent to award damages
on the strength of that verdict is
hardly probable. If that verdict
should not be allowed as sufficient
evidence, then it would seem that the
whole fight would be to make over.
In that case, if it occurs, it is to be
hoped that the defense will try to
discover the whereabouts of the de
ceased during the two hours that
Lawrence is known to have been in
Durham after the son of Mrs. Terry
left her on the street. If she wasn’t
in Durham some one else than Law
rence took he'r away.
Ginning Figures for
the Past Four Years
For four years, yes five of them,,
the Chatham county cotton crop has
fallen lower and lower. Yet that is
not exactly right. The 1924 crop
was smaller than that of either 1925
or 1926, but the 1924 crop was much
smaller thqn that of 1923. The 1928
crop was very little more than half
of that 1923, and only about 60
per cent hf that of 1925. The fig
ures for the last four years show a
constant decline, and what is nota
ble about; the crops, these of 1927
and 1928) got much the better start
and lookdd more favorable till late
in the season. The two better crops
were made the two dry years. In
1926, chopping was going on the first
of July. • Thus it is seen that there
is no judging a cotton crop till near
harvest time. A prediction June 15,
1926, would have probably been that
the county could not make a crop,
as the cotton was not, up at that
date.
The following are the figures as
furnished by Mr. W. H. Woody, cen
sus taker:
1925 bales.
1926 bales.
1927 7,741 bales.
1928 6,759 bales.
Now when it is recalled that 1925
was also a short crop, it is not sur
prising that Chatham has seen hard
times, but from what we hear the
people of the county are in better
condition than those of many coun
ties which have had no such series
of short crops. Last year’s crop was
worth $125,000 less than that of
1927, at the same price. And that
measures the shortage that year over
the crop of 1927 in cotton alone.
The corn crop was also a very short
one last year, and the tobacco crop
short, or less valuable. Yet Chatham
farmers are coming through. Their
spunk is to be admired. The crop of
1925 if raised last year would have
given the cotton farmers a half mil
lion dollars more than the crop of
last year actually gave, and that is
some money for the farmers of this
county.
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Pullman Is Named
for Dr. D. C. Mclver
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Sanford, March 22.—The memory
of the late Charles Duncan Mclver
founder and first president of North
Carolina College for Women at
Greensboro, has been honored by the
Pullman company,, which has named
one of its newest cars for the great
Tar Heel educator. The car, bear
ing on its side the name “Mclver,” is
now in service on the Seaboard Air
Line railroad.
Dr. Mclver was bom and reared
near Sanford and was a member of
the family of that name which has
long been prominent in this section.
“May I print a kiss on your lips?” I
said,
And she nodded her sweet permission.
So we went! to press and, I rather
• guess,
We printed a full edition.
“One edition is hardly enough,”
Said she, with a charming pout.
So again on the press the form was
placed, ...
And we got some extras out.
Chickens that come home to roost
have more sense than some people.
Easter Sunday at
Pleasant Hill Church
Interest over the territory of the
Pittsboro circuit is great, looking to
the all-day service at Pleasant Hill
Methodist church next Sunday. It
will be regarded as a home-coming
occasion, and it is expected that
friends from far and near will be in
attendance. The exercises will be
gin at 11:30, dinner to be served at
1 o’clock, from baskets brought from
the homes of the charge. A great
laymen’s meet will come in the after
noon. There will be a number of
brief talks by local laymen, with
main address by Dr. Matthews of
Sanford.
The public is cordially invited to
enjoy the Easter day with us.
J. A. DAILEY, Pastor.
HISTORICAL PRIZES'
OFFEREDBY U. D. C.
List of Prizes Offered This
Year by U. D. C. for Best
Historical Work
1. A silver loving cup t.o chapter
reporting the greatest amount of his
torical work along all lines. Given
annually by Mrs. S. A. Kindley, Gas
tonia, in memory of her mother, Mrs.
Martha Glenn.
2. Ten dollars to the chapter re
porting the greatest amount of his
torical work done in schools, offered
by Mrs. W. E. White, Louisburg.
3. Large stars and bars flag to the
chapter placing the greatest number
of stars and bars flags in schools.
Offered by the Orren Randolph
Smith chapter, C. of C., Henderson,
in memory of Orren Randolph Smith,
designer of stars and bars flag.
Essay Prizes
(For members of the North Caro
lina Division U. D. C.)
4. Twenty-five dollars for best es
say on “North Carolina’s part in the
.battle of Gettysburg,” given by Ad
jutant-General John Van B. Metts,
a' memorial to his father, General
James I. Metts, who was severely
wounded and left for dead on that
battlefield.
Twenty-five dollars for best essay
on “History and Significance of the
Jefferson Davis Highway,” offered by
Mrs. R. P. Holt, Rocky Mount, in
memory of his wife, Mrs. Tempe
Whitehead 'Holt, an ex-president* of
the U. D. C. Division of North Caro
lina.
6. Ten dollars for best essay on
“The University in the War Between
the States and Reconstruction,” of
fered by Leonidas Polk Chapter,
Chapel Hill.
7. Ten dollars for best essay on
“North Carolina’s Contribution to the
Confederacy in Men Supplies,” of
fered by Mrs. Hattie Watlington
Isler, Greensboro, in memory of her
mother, Mrs. Eugenia C. Watlington.
8. Ten dollars for best essay on
“History of the First North Carolina
Cavalry,” offered by Mrs. W. S. Ber
nard, Chapel Hill, in memory of her
uncle, Captain George S. Dewey.
9. Ten dollars for best essay on
“General Nathan B. Forest, the Cav
alry Leader,” offered by the James
B. Gordon Chapter, Winston-Salem,
in memory of Mrs. Henry L. Riggins.
10. Ten dollars for the best essay
on “Why Fort Fisher Should Be
Marked,” given by Mrs. T. E. Sprunt,
Wilmington.
11. Ten dollars for the best essay
on “Our Territorial Expansion under
Southern Leadership,” offered by
Mrs. D. A. Garrison, Gastonia, in
honor of her father, Mr. D. B. Col
trane, of Concord, N. C.
12. Ten dollars for best essay on
“The Peace Conference of the Six
ties,” offered by Mrs. H. A. Cren
shaw, Salisbury, in, memory of her
father, Judge Joseph J. Davis.
13. Ten dollars for best essay on
“Morgan’s Raiders,” offered by Gen
eral Albert L. Cox, Raleigh, in mem
ory of his father, General William
Ruffin Cox.
14. Ten dollars for best essay on
“Raphael Semmes - His Service
Afloat,” offered by Mrs. J. G. Stike
leather, Asheville, in honor of her
father, Captain W. E. Weaver.
15. Ten dollars for best essay on
“The History of Lee County’s Liv
ing Veterans,” given by Lee County
Chapter, Sanford.
16. Five dollars for best essay on
“Service Rendered by Surgeon of the
Confederacy from North Carolina,”
offered by Mrs. Henry W. Wharton,
Greensboro, in memory of her father,
Dr. James Thomas Graves, a Con
federate surgeon."
All reports and essays must be in
the hands of the Division Historian,
Mrs. William S. Bernard, Chapel
Hill, not later than September 15th,
although it is urged that they should
be sent in as early as possible.
Essays must be typewritten, with
fictitious signature. Real name,
chapter and address must be in seal
ed envelope on outside of which is
fictitious name only.
Only correct and , comprehensive
papers will be considered for prizes,
and the preference will be given
those showing best original research.
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“In other days the women wore
their dresses down to their insteps.”
“Yes, but now they wear them up
to their stepins.”
Subscribers at Eve~7
Postoffice and All R.
F. D. Routes in Great
County of Chatham
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 27
SCHOOL BOARD AND
LOCAL BANK SUED
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Bonding Company Claims
$4,357 Paid on Note Prior ;
to Meeting Other Claims
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Bynum building was
erected under peculiar circumstances,
to start with. The old building was
condemned, but the people of the
district failed to vote the proposed
tax for the erection of the needed
building. A school building was ab
solutely needed, and the county school
board borrowed $30,000 from the
state loan fund to erect the building.
There are no district funds to meet
payments on the interest and sinking
funds, and the board of education has
taken funds voted to extend the
school term an extra two months and
are applying them, it is understood,
to the building debt. At least, the
Bynurii school ran only* six months.
Now to an already complicated af
fair, a new feature is added. The
building was erected by the J. W.
Stout Company, which has since be
come bankrupt. There were left by
the Stout Company, it seems, $4,357
in claims for material and labor,
which,' of course, constitutes a lien
upon the building. But the Mary-*
land Casualty Company had bonded
the Stout Company, and claims were
made upon the bonding company for
payment of these labor and material
charges. The bonding company,
seeking to secure itself, discovers
that the Stout Company had bor
rowed $6,000 from the Bank of Pitts
boro to be used in the construction
work, and that payments had been
made on ths loan before the material
and labor claims were settled. Ac
cordingly, the bonding company has
entered suit against the School Board
and the Bank of Pittsboro' for the
recovery of $4,357, which it is al
leged was paid on the note by the
school board. However, an official
of the Bank of Pittsboro states that
the Board of Education made no pay
ment to the bank upon the note, but
that what has been paid upon it was
paid by the Stout Company, which
puts a different phase upon the mat
ter, since the payment by the School
Board to the Bank would indicate,
probably, an illegal warranty of the
Stout note by the, school board.
The following statement of the *
claims of the Maryland Casualty
Company is Reproduced"frsrn The '
Greensboro News of Saturday: /
“Claiming that the Chatham coun
ty board of education paid to the
Bank of Pittsboro $4,357, due to
J. W. Stout and Company, for the
construction of the Bynum consoli
dated school, before the payment
should have been made and with full
knowledge of the fact that certain
claims for material and labor had
not been met, the Maryland Casualty
Company has started a suit in equity
in federal court here asking for the
bank to refund this money and for
an accounting.
“J. W. Stout and Company, San
ford contractor, has been adjudged
bankrupt. On the job of building the
Bynum school, the Maryland Casual
ty Company was surety and is now
being asked to meet certain material
and labor claims.
“J. W. Stout and Company bor
rowed $6,000 from the Bank of Pitts
boro and gave an order to the Chat
ham board of education to pay money
due it to the bank for a credit on
the note. This was paid ahead of
material and labor claims, the plain
tiff says, and asks not only for the
court to disallow the claim of the
bank for the difference between the
$4,957 paid and the $6,000 but asks
for a refund of that which has been
paid.”
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Policeman Kelly Is
Native of Chatham
Policeman J. C. Kelly, who was
shot to death by a negro at South
ern Pines the first of last week, was
a native of New Hope township, this
county. Most diligent efforts have
been made to apprehend the murder
er, but he hasn’t been captured. It
was discovered that the man whose
name was on a letter found in the
car abandoned by the desperate negro
is a convict on the Caledonia farm,
and he was down there at the time
of the shooting. That left the offi
cers without any clue as to the identi
ty of the murderer.
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Dewey Dorsett Likely
to Get Appointment
News comes out of Raleigh that
our Dewey Dorsett is in the lead in
the running for appointment as the
industrial member of the workman’s
compensation commission under the
new law. The commission is to con
sist of three members, one represent
ing industry, another labor, and the
third the public. A secretary is to
be provided, and Alex Lassiter, long
time principal clerk of the house of
representatives, is said to be the
most prominent candidate for the job.
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All the world loves to laugh with
or at a lover.
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