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PAGE FOUR THE CHATHAM RECORD o. J. PETERSON Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year $1.50 Six Months THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1929 & ttiitmiak Is it possible that commun ism is actually working in Rus sia? Two or three things have come to light recently that in dicate that affairs are not so bad in that country as former ly- Accidents will happen in the best of shops. Last week the date was not changed on the front page of the Record and we have two papers showing date of April 4, but fortunate ly the dates on the other pages were correct, April 11. $ . The Record congratulates Mr. Lawrence F. London on attaining the very highest grade of the University honor roll. There were only 34 others who attained the same honor. This is exceedingly creditable when it is consider ed that Lawrence is blind. The week of May 13 is to see the first All North Caro lina Industrial Exposition at the State Fair Grounds. Keep the date in mind and go if work or fishing is not hinder ing you. Mr. T. B. Smith, new ly appointed secretary of the State Fair, is manager for the exposition. $ The sheriff of Buncombe is reported as surveying the sur rounding country with a tele scope from the top of the fif teen-story court house in Ashe ville, seeing a man digging in the edge of the woods a mile or two away and rushing over there and arresting him with four gallons of booze. This ought to be a hint of some kind to enforcement officers. Charlie Moore is planning to tend 75 acres without a horse, doing the cultivating with a tractor. If he succeeds it should mean much for the county. Tractors do not eat up a big part of the crop while standing idle. But when the horse be comes unnecessary on the farm much less grain and roughage will be needed, and according ly fewer acres. <§> Those folk with assured 'in comes should be happy. Many a business man in North Caro lina would probably be glad to close up till the fall if he could then take hold of his business without hurt. But they have to keep going, even if at a loss, in order to save the business for normal times. Teachers think it hard to get pay for only a part of the year, but suppose they had to work all the year and get pay for only a part, and such times as these for a smaller part than the teachers get pay for. It has been less than twelve years since the editor of The Chatham Record left Louisiana after an eight years’ residence. If at that time Huey P. Long, now under impeachment charges as governor, had ap peared above the horizon there is no recollection of the fact. With the primary a fellow who can catch the public attention requires only a short while to rise out of obscurity to the top, but the top seems to be rather unsafe for the success ful demagogue after he has reached it. <§> A home market for farm products affords to North Car olina the equivalent of a pro tective tariff against western produce. A western seed man in Rowan county saw alfalfa hay sell at S3O a ton, while it is selling in North Dakota at $9 and $lO a ton, and the Rowan farmer made a ton more to the acre than the Dakota farmer. The county agent of Rowan informed him that Rowan farmers got $1.70 a bushel for wheat last year, while the Dakota farmer, ac cording to the visitor, got 70 cents. Evidently, if the Dakota farmers can live, the Tarheel farmers should get rich. Rowan county is becoming the sweet county of the state, as Union county is the lespe deza county. Seventy-five thousand pounds of sweet clover seed has been ordered for Rowan plantings. Descrip tions indicate that sweet clover is a magnificent pasturage and hay crop. • $ Chatham county was one of three counties whose school ex pense last year, exclusive of salaries and transportation costs, was less than ten per cent of the salary cost. Under the former law the counties might spent an equivalent of the salary fund for expenses. The new law makes it 10 per cent. All the counties in the State, then, except Ashe, Wa tauga, and Chatham will have to curtail expenses. Alamance, for instance, ran far beyond the 10 per cent allowed for the coming two years. Ashe lack ed more than $2,000 spending 10 per cent. Watauga lacked SSOO plus, and Chatham $262. This speaks well for the econo my, comparatively speaking at least, of the Chatham school administration, though, accord ing to Superintendent Thomp son, the county did not spend as much as it should for sup plies and for fuel and janitor service, the communities hav ing to make additional expend itures. Probably in the more thoroughly consolidated coun ties like Johnston, for instance, the county paid for all ma terials and service. ■ <•> THE BOLL WEEVIL MENACE That the boll weevil will be a greater menace the coming season than ever before unless the summer happens to be a hot and dry one, is almost cer tain. There was, doubtless, a larger number of weevils go ing into winter quarters in this section than ever before, and the winter was an unusually mild one. That this means a large issue of breeders this spring has already been indi cated by the fact that at the test place at Aberdeen a larger percentage than ever before, and by far larger, has already issued from their prepared winter quarters. Ten per cent of all the weevils put in winter quarters had come out two w T eeks ago, and the authorities says that the iss*e will con tinue, probably, till June 1. Chatham saw last year, in sections of the county, what a general prevalence of the weevil would mean, and such a prevalence is certainly threatened for the coming sea son , and cotton growers should plant with that menace in view. The most of the farmers in this county plant only a few 7 acres in cotton, and the fewer this year the better, the indi cations are. Moreover, the earlier start can be given the cotton the better. The editor of the Record has know’n the weevil longer than other Chat ham folk. He w r as in Louisiana in 1909 w 7 hen the weevil, com ing forth from Texas, played havoc with cotton growing in Louisiana. But when some of our best farmers made only a bale to six or eight acres last season, there is no need longer to tell Chatham folk w 7 hat the weevil can do when he comes in full force. But if every farmer, or any farmer, will see that the first lot of fallen forms are picked up and burned this summer, he will thereby guarantee him self at least a portion of a crop, and if this is done thor oughly it will be possible to continue the operation long enough to assure a good crop, for the picking up and destroy ing the first forms will largely decrease the number of later punctures. Poison is often ef fective, but the burning of the punctured forms is a means of safety in the hands of every farmer, especially the one who has a number, of children large enough to gather the forms. The Record would advise planting in proportion to the prospective ability to save the crop. Either begin to arrange for poisoning the w T eevil or re duce acreage to that extent that you can have the fallen forms gathered. This advice is based upon tw r enty years’ observation of the w T eevil’s activities. Nature may take care of the crop, but she seems to be prepared rather to destroy it without the closest watchfulness of the planter. THE CHATHAM RECORD. PITTSBORO, N. C. We’d wager that half the folk in Chatham county over twenty years of age cannot tell the names of Isaac and Re becca’s twin boys, though they have gone over the Israelitish history time after time in Sun day school. On the other hand without ever an effort they could name you the children of nearly every family in their community. For once, we believe w r e dis agree with our most excellent county agent, Mr. Shiver. If we were planting cotton this year, we should plant our poor er land in cotton and push it with nitrate of soda, but taking care not to use so much that it w 7 ould keep the weed growing all the season. If one could just know how much to use to keep it growing until August 15 on poor land he would have it. Again, we should leave on this poor land two or three stalks to the hill with the mere width of a gooseneck hoe be tween hills. The more stalks that can blossom early, the more bolls are certain, and the more open the middle of the rows are the more weevils will be destroyed by the sun. The poorer gray lands above By num made much better cotton last year than the strong lands of Hickory Mountain. Mr. J. A. Woody, with some of the best land in the county, made only six bales on 60 acres. The poor sand land between San ford and Carthage made more cotton than our strongest lands in Chatham. Anyway, we should have the benefit of the richer lands for crops that w : e could count upon, and if we should not make so much cot ton as the man who planted his richer land to it, w r e believe we’d beat in the whole crop. How r ever, it is probably too late for the average farmer to be affected by either Mr. Shiver’s or the editor’s sugges tion, but the two views give you something to think about and to compare this year, if it proves a battle weevil year. The poor uplands of Louisiana were making their usual crop of cotton when every gin had closed up for years in the fer tile black areas. <s> *************** * * * Bear Creek News * * * *************** Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Moore a 10-pound son. Mrs. A. D. Hartsell and l boys of Raleigh and Mrs. C. C. Hargrove of Burlington are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Willett. Mrs. Joe J. Cheek, who has been on the sick list, is improved, we are glad to state. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Maulden and sons, Amick and Herbert, of Liberty, were Sunday visitors in the home of W. A. Coggins. T. C. Vestal is working at a saw mill, near Chapel Hill. They expect to move, we have been informed, in the near future. Misses Teresa and Margie Emmer son of Fayetteville were week-end visitors here and near here. J. Tracy Coggins, who has been running as news buch between Washington, D. C., and Charleston, W. Va., has returned to farm with his father, I. P. Coggins. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Beal and daughter, Frances, visited Mrs. Beal’s brother, C. .W. Holt, of Kernersville, last week. Mrs. Scott (Ellen) Tuck (colored) has moved from her home on route two to her home on Pittsboro, route 3, near Mays Chapel Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hart, ot Burlington, were week-end visitors in the home of Miss Belle Beal, on route 2. The Meroney M- E. Sunday school completed their organization last Sunday, with the election of the fol lowing officers: Teachers, J. 1). Wil lett. Bear Creek: C. J. Rives, route 2, Bear Creek; Mrs. A. F. Willett, route 2, Bear Creek; Mrs. T. H. Harris, Siler City, route 5, and Mrs. J. D. Willett, route 2. Bear Creek. Organist, Mr. T. B. Beal, Bear Creek, and assistant organist. Miss Karen Rives, route 2, Bear Creek. W. H. Murray, deputy sheriff, re ports having captured a large still about four miles northeast of here. He cut down 2860 gallons of beer, which he said, would have made, about SIOOO worth of whiskey. The op erators had “smelled a rat” and left without leaving their forwarding ad dress, saying: “We have sold out,” written on a piece of paste board displayed on the still. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Moffitt were shoppers in Greensboro last week.. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Brooks and son. Edsel, and Mrs. C. B. Fitts were Sunday visitors in the home of J. W. Coggins, of Tramway section, Lee county. Mi ss Elizabeth Cheek, the 10 year old daughter of Troy M. Cheek, has returned from the Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford, and is improving nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Gains, of Pittsboro, were week end visitors in the home of W. R. Phillips. . Born to Mr. and Mr. Troy M. i Cheek a son. Some men are too intellectual to be intelligent. PRISONER KNOCKS OFFICER DOWN STARTS ON PAGE ONE Charlie said that he had agreed and tried to crank the old Ford. Failing, the young man tried his hand at the crank, and as lffe stooped over to the work Charlie saw a big pistol or two in his pants’ pocket. Charlie im- f mediately decided that it was a mighty fine day for harrowing, and began to tell the youngster that he just was glad that the car wouldn’t start, as he had some harrowing that i just ought to be done. | The officers, upon receipt of this report, went to search for Rouse, and had left highway ninety upon hearing that the young man had been seen by school boys on a side road. In the meantime, Mr. Grady went along with the Siler City mail truck and was asked for conveyance to Siler City. The fellow got in, as any other mail bus passenger would, and on reaching Siler City tendered a $lO bill from which Mr. Grady was to take his pay. The officers met the returning mail truck and were informed that such a passenger had been carried to Siler City, and sought him in that town. But the fellow had taken to a bus, or had got out in some other way. It later developed that he had slept in Mr. John Womble’s barn. On Monday two Randolph county officers arrested the younger brother over in the Ramseur section, and he was brought to Pittsboro. The search of the Rouse premises revealed numerous articles apparent ly stolen. An almost complete mov ing picture outfit was found, a box of tobacco, a quantity of snuff, gun shells, a lot of thread, overalls, and three rolls of fence wire hidden under brush in the pasture recently enclosed with wire, also a box of stamped envelopes, the only thing ev idencing a postoffice robbery. At the preliminary hearing Tues day morning before ’Squire Lysander Johnson, /part of the wire in the fence was declared by Mr. E. M. Kearns of Asheboro, route 2, to be i identical like a lot he had had stolen during the winter. He had placed the wire near the field where it was later to be used and missed it in March. He had described the wire to the officers before visiting the Rouse place, and the officers found part of the fence wire to correspond with the description. At the preliminary hearing Tues day, Mr. D. K. Rouse, the father, waived defense and was ordered bound over to court under a SIOOO bond, but was taken to jail again until bond should be made.. The mother acknowledged that she had covered up the wire in the pasture, and she and the father stated, then or at other times, that L. J. had brought it there. Mrs. Rouse secured a postponement of her hearing until Wednesday and was allowed to re turn home on her own recognizance to return Wednesday. The younger son was held for a preliminary hear ing Wednesday also. j Much excitement was caused in the New Salem community, what with the officers searching premises and the woods, and what with throngs of sightseers visiting the place Sunday. Also much sympathy was evident among some of the people for the ( father and mother who had been lodged in jail, with the baby girl. Mrs. Rouse is apparently quite in- | telligent and has a fine personality • for a woman with her supposed op portunities.. Four girls were lodged during the incarceration of the mother in the home of Mr. Charlie Williams, a . neighbor. It seems that L J. Rouse, the man ! uncaught, has traveled far and wide. Nothing found has been claimed by any Chatham county man, and if the young fellow has been carrying on a thieving business, he has apparently given his attention to remoter fields. <§> I I ******** * * * * * * * * * . * Bell’s School News * * * ******** * * * * * * * Route 3, Apex.—Mr. Genatis How ard has been sick several days, suf fering an attack of paralysis. Mrs. Pattie Beckwith spent ln<?t week with her daughter, Mrs. F. M. Holleman. Miss Gladys Copeland who is a senior at Cary high school, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Copeland. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Copeland Satur day visited the latter’s sister, Mrs. John Horton, who has been in Watt’s j Hospital several weeks. Mrs. Lacy Johnson and son. Ted, of Wade, visited relatives around j here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Goodwin ! and daughters, Esther and Mrs. S. E. Bryant, spent Saturday shopping in Durham. Rev. Mr. G. T. Mills filled his regu lar appointments at Bell’s Baptist church Saturday afternoon and Sun day morning. We were glad to have the choir of Asbury Methodist church with us j Sunday. The selections rendered by the choir were greatly enjoyed by those present. There will be a meeting at Bell’s church Sunday, April 2, at 2 :30 p. m. Seven Baptist churches (Olives Chapel, Mt. Pisguah, Bell’s, Lystra, Trades Hill. Mt. Giliad), are expect ed to be represented. The meeting will be in the interest of the Sun day school. Everybody is invited ; to be present. * J Mr. and Mrs. Jim Medlin have j moved into one of Mr. A. W. Wil son’s houses. They are expecting to farm. ■ G> When the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church meets next month in Montreat, one of the i things to claim attention will be the * report of a special committee to . study divorce. The committee will : recommend that only one grounds for ; divorce be recognized—violation of the seventh commandment. j Much is being made now of> the fact that three years ago Mrs. Ed win C. Gregory, daughter of Senator Overman, said that the Reeds were looking to the south as a fruitful field and that attempts would ( be made to spread communistic doc FERTILIZERS ~~ ANY GRADE I LOWEST CASH PRICES J. J. HACKNEY MONCURE, N. C. j _ Jr | * / ) ROOFS OF COLOR MAKE HOMES ! PRETTIER ! ] On every hand where a roof of color has been placed on a home you can see the difference it makes. You can see just how much more prettier it makes the whole outside home appearance. It blends with the general color note of the home and completes the home color harmony. Before you roof or re-roof call Budd- Piper and ask to see the diffeernt color combinations for your particular type home. Pretty roofs cost no more than drab looking ones. THE BUDD-PIPER ROOFING CO. i DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA I * I ' “ Don’t be a Take-a-Chance FARMER j ... Side Dress with Chilean Nitrate InpHE more Chilean Nitrate of Soda you A feed to your cotton crop, the more cer tain you are to make a big per acre increase. Don’t take a chance on the weather . . . Chilean Nitrate helps set an early crop, strong enough to stand bad weather. Don’t take a chance on the weevil . . . Chilean Nitrate helps mature bolls early— ahead of this destructive pest. “I am a firm believer in side-dressing cotton, small grain, and corn with Nitrate of Soda. I use 100 to 150 pounds per acre. I have al ready bought my supply of eighty tons for this season’s use.” L. D. ROBINSON, Wadesboro, N. C. Mr. Robinson is a former U. S. Congress man from North Carolina. He is president of one of the leading banks in the state, former director in the N. C. Cotton Growers Cooperative Association, a lawyer by pro- fj' session and one of the leading farmers of m Hi G Anson County. jj&wfc |,| j Chilean Nitrate is the old original “soda” M'%l > that 800,000 farmers used last year. It is the only natural nitrate fertilizer—not synthetic not artificial. It contains all the elements n^ ur f &? ve , • including iodine. Nothing added. Nothing taken away. oiPi° n W. ea take-a-chance farmer. Use Chilean Nitrate and make money. Free Fertilizer Book—' “How to Use Chil ean Nitrate of Soda” free. Ask for Book No. 1 or tear out this ad and mail with your name and address. Chilean I Nitrate of Soda |j EDUCATIONAL BUREAU If 220 Professional Bldg., Raleigh, N. C. In writing pleas<- refer to Ad No. F-68 >T*> SODA **OT HICK* THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1929. trines here. She was laughed a r then, but in the light of the Gaston mill strike her prophecy is recalle d How a girl hates to have all he girl friends admire the man she a : mires!
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