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r a . . w»iige „ naif Century. A County, Not a Com munity Paper. ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 WHEELBARROW CO. TO QUITBUSINESS boro Concern with Branch plant in Pittsboro Liquidat ing and Quitting Business— Small Margin Between As sets and Liabilities T ' following Asheboro dispatch + V IC Greensboro News is of in to our readers, as the Ashe hV-o Wheelbarrow Company has had a plant here for several years. It contracted much lumber and ran a here. Mr. F. J. Phillips has iHV n in charge of the Pittsboro end the business. But recently the nlaner here was sold to Messrs. E. M and J. J. Harris of Goldston. The latter are good business men as evidenced by the success they made f the Goldston Hardware Company, which they recently sold to W, H, Garner & Son. The dispatch follows: m Asheboro. Aug. I.—Coming as a uprise in the city and county is the announcement that the Asheboro Wheelbarrow company will liquidate its assets, pay off creditors and go out of business. This decision was reached at a recent meeting of stock holders of the corporation. Assets of the company are placed at $84,899.09, While liabilities are listed at $66,875. 58. A large part of the assets, however, is represented bv building, land and stock on hand. Arthur Koss and W. R. Williams have been suggested to take charge of liquidating the corporation, effec tive when approved by all the credi tors. ’ - - The Asheboro Wheelbarrow com pany was established in 1903, suc ceeding the old Asheboro Wood and Iron Works, founded about 15 years earlier. The corporation for many years specialized in the making of wheelbarrows, but three years ago turned to the building material line. Theelbarrows had gone out of style and use like the buggy. Business has been dull, however, in the line last adopted by the manu factory, and in order to protect both creditors and stockholders the deci sion to liquidate was reached. FAIR NEWS The Lee County Fair catalogue for 1929 is now in the hands of the Secretary, and farmers in this county may get a copy of the same by writing the Manager of the Fair. You will note that this premium list with one exception applies to Lee and adjoining counties and the Association cordially invites the far mers of this county to bring exhib its to the Fair. They specially want to call your attention to the live stock and poultry premiums and earnestly hope that everyone having exhibts of this kind will place them with them this year. Special invita tion is also extended to- the school children to be with them on Tuesday and all children will be admitted on that day free of charge. Address all communications to F. H. Brown, Manager, Lee County Lair Association. S> Celebrates 68th Birthday (Publication Delayed) Mrs. Rufus H. Lindley of Pitts boro, R. F. D. 2, celebrated her 68th birthday July 23. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fogleman, Mr. M. F. Over man, and Mr. and. Mrs. W. C. Pick ard, all from near Liberty, and Mrs. Mollie Mann of Pittsboro R. F. D. 2, were dinner guests. Ice cream was served in the evening and Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Mann, Mrs. O. W. Mann and son Charles Willis were guests. Each guest declared the day a very r'easant one, and left wishing Mrs. Lindley many more birthdays. Shippers Organize for Rate Justice L'e committee of eleven recently , named by the shippers of North Car- Ena to formulate plans of organiza n°n for a finish fight on freight rate d'senm. nation against this state, met m . Raleigh Tuesday. The full com ri was present and spent the day institution, by-laws, and organi sation methods. Another mass meet- | ng E shippers will be called soon r’l Governor Gardner at w T hich time Queers will be elected and the move s- art ed on its way. Julius Cone, ' on man of Greensboro, is ■'.a.,.,! for president. MRS. CHEEK DEAD a H' e Hicks Check died Mon- E morning at the home of her W(?’ m rs ' J * J - Perr y> near pitts ‘ J - She was 66 years of age. She EE tor merly Miss Sallie Hicks. She ] a E ,lvln £ with a relative in Georgia ahi Vea ’ w ben she fell and broke to cam e several months ago eaSfj '■ wit h Mrs. Perry. Heart dis death" a l| the immediate cause of ei»t t burial occurred at Ral sista*. Mrs, Cheek was a ' ' er of Mrs. J. N. Hamlet. I The Chatham Record T. C. Denson Buried Here on Wednesday Owing to the necessity of getting copy to our printer ‘at Hamlet Wednesday, it was impossible to re port the Denson funeral direct for the Record, but the following article is taken from the Raleigh Times of Tuesday evening. Mr. Denson is a native of Pittsboro and has a num ber of friends here, though the fam ily moved away when he was quite young. Says the Times: “Following a major operation which he underwent at Rex Hospital on Thursday, Thomas C. Denson, well known in the business and spe cial life of Raleigh, died at the hos pital late Monday afternoon. He had appeared to be improving from the operation and on the road to recov ery until he suffered a relapse Mon day morning* “Funeral services will be held from Christ church Wednesday morning It 10 o'clock, and the body will be taken to Pittsboro for inter ment in the family burying ground. Services 111 Raleigh will be conducted by Dr. Milton A. Barber, assisted by the Rev. Harvey A. Cox, and in Pittsboro by the Rev. Rb Q t Shan nonhouse. / “Mr. Denson was born in Pitts boro, Chatham county, February 18, 1868, the son of Captain C. B. and Matilda Cowan Denson. He came to Raleigh while still in his teens and was for a number of years connected with the firm of R. S. Tucker and Company which later became Dob bin-Ferrall Company. For the past 25 years he had been connected with Boylan-Pearce Company, completing his quarter of a century service with the store August 1. As buyer for the company he had just returned from a buying trip when he was taken ill. Mr. Denson was a member' of Christ Church and of the Mqggflig si*def, and a former member of the Elks and the Capital club. Surviving are three sisters and two brothers, all residents of Raleigh; Misses Daisy and Mary Denson, Mrs. R. B. Raney, L. A. Denson and C. B. Denson.” <§>■ Pollard Easy Victor in Virginia Primary With most of the vote heard from in the Virginia state primary Tues day, John Garland Pollard seems to have won the Democratic nomination for governor by a vote nearly three times larger than the combined vote of his two opponents, G. Walker Mapp and Rosew'ell Page. Mr. Pol lard ran on a platform of continuing the Byrd program. He had a hard campaign, being bitterly / opposed by Bishop CanAon and other one-time influential leaders in the state. One of the principal planks in his plat form was the “short ballot.” This would give the governor power to appoint several high state officials that have heretofore been elected by the people. Graf Zeppelin Lands at Lakfhurst Safely Graf Zeppel)n, biggest airship afloat, called the mighty German monarch of the \ air, landed Sunday afternoon at Lajcehurst field, New York, having completed its third crossing of the Atlantic within a year. More than 100,000 people gathered to see the big ship land. Date for the return trip has not been set, but it will be soon. Dr. Hugo Eckener again piloted the big ship across the sea. A stowaway found on the ship was held as prisoner for Germon authorities and it is said that German law will impose a very heavy penalty upon him. The big Zeppelin started on a flight around the world yesterday, to be followed sometime next year with a trans- Arctic trip. $ WILLEBRANT MAY SPILL POT POLITICAL BEANS Mabel Walker Willebrandt, de posed assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement, is telling things.) She is now practic ing law in Washington and lately has been writing the Charlotte News a story of the, late campaign. Refer ring to the now famous address be fore- the .Ohio Methodists urging them to defeat A1 Smith, which caused a furore at the time and which the j national committee dis avowed, M)*s. Willebrandt says the address was made upon instructions from headquarters over her protests, and that the text of the speech was edited by James Francis Burke, “a Catholic bnd counselor of the Re pubiican, committee.” REVIVAL AT MT. ZION The annual revival services will begin at Mt. Zion Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3:3(L There will be a service Sunday night also at 8 o’clock. These special services will continue through the week at above hours named. The public is cordially invited to'attend and take Part ‘ J. A. DAILEY, Pastor. —9 The people of Canada carry a life' insurance to the amount of $5,550y 000,000. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1929 MANY INTERESTING CASES ARE TRIED Court Held Four Days Last Week, Judge Sinclair Pre siding Calendar Set for Three Days This Week—, Judge Moore on Bench Court held for only four days last week, and the calendar was fixed for three this week. Judge N. A. Sin clair was judge the first week, and Judge Clayton Moore, of William ston, was assigned for this week. Judge Moore is one of the newer judges, and it is his first visit to Pittsboro. There were a number of cases of interest tried. A compromise was effected in the suit of Mrs. Mary West against the Carolina Power & Light Company for damage for the death of her husband, who was elec trocuted at the Riddle Iron Works last summer. Mrs. West receives $3,600, with interest from July 29th till payment, M i In the case of 0. E, Hatley vs. Hammer and Holder, a compromise was effected, in which Mr. Hatley was allowed to hold the land in ques tion on the payment of costs. The land was mortgaged to Mr. Hatley’s grandfather Williams about forty years ago and advertised for sale. A by-bidder bought it on Mr. Wil liams’s account, but no deed was ever made to him. The heir? o| the for mer owner, the late Joseph Piddle, sold their claim to Hammer and Holder, receiving SIOO cash and the promise of S4OO more if the land should be secured. The 40-acre tract wq§ heavily timbered and Ham mer and Holder'proceeded to cut it. They were stopped. Hatley gave bond for the timber and had it cut himself. The possession of the land for so many years confirmed Mr. Hatley’s claim, though it is illegal for a mortgagee to buy land at a mortgage sale and even if there had been a deed the original mortgagee, Mr. Williams, could not have held the land if it had been proven that it was bid in by a by-bidder. H. H. Cotten of Merry Oaks won his suit for damages for fire loss against Hicks and others, getting a judgment for S2OO. However, an ap peal was taken. In the case of Dowd vs. W. C. Brewer a judgment for $275 was secured. V. R. Johnson, commissioner, won his suit against B. S. Williams of Chapel Hill, and got a judgment for S2OOO. Johnson as commissioner sold at auction certain land and Williams bid it in. He afterward claimed that he had been told to buy it for Alton Riddle and refused to pay for the land. The judgment means that Williams must take and pay for the land, and if Riddle did tell him to buy it for him then it would be a matter between them. Williams ap pealed. In the case of Dowd vs. S. W. Maness and W. C. Brewer, Dowd lost, and all claims of Dowd’s aganist the Idefendants were ordered can celed. The case of the Standard Oil Company vs. the Town of Pittsboro, in which the plaintiff sought an injunction against the town having the plaintiff’s tank removed from the sidewalk at the A. B. Robinson filling station, was postponed and a survey ordered. The Piedmont Credit Company got a judgment for $356 against H. 11. Holt. The Weeks Motor Company lost its suit against M. T. Cooper. The plaintiff was suing for damages re sulting from the refusal of Cooper to receive and pay for a tractor and plows allegedly ordered by him. Austin Heaton Company won a judgment for $80.35 against Fred Strowd. In the case of Cbas. D. Moore against the Bank of Pittsboro the bank won, but Moore appealed. - AN OLD TIMER 4 I # Mr. P. M. Harden, of Siler City, was over Tuesday and in a gay mood. Mr. Harden and brother Charles came to Pittsboro in 1880 and established a carriage or buggy factory. Their plant was on the pres ent silk mill lot, in the old Phillips tobacco factory which was a build ing 110 feet long and three stories high. Erby Phillips had come down from Caswell county before the war and established the tobacco factory, which continued till war times. Mr. Harden says he found old stencil" in the building. One, he remembers, was “Erby’s Half-Pound.” Plug to bacco was the output. The Harden buggy factory was put out of business by inability to compete with the imported buggies. It will probably be news to many of the younger people to learn that either of these factories once ex isted in Pittsboro, as it was when The Record told a few months ago about Bingham’s school once being located. Mr. Harden had served his four year apprenticeship in the Tyson- Jones carriage plant at Carthage. BUNGALOW BURNED ] ON FRIDAY_EVENING David Smith, Colored, Loses Neat Little Home with Good Furniture—slsoo Insurance \ David Smith, one of Pittsboro’s most industrious young colored citi zens, lost his neat little bungalow and practically all liis household ’ goods Friday night by fire, which is supposed to have originated at the light meter. His wife was at the home of her father, Dick Ramsey, and he in the colored case when the fire started and when discovered it made such rapid headway that it could not be ■ checked. David had his home com fortably furnished and the loss of ! the furniture was a serious one to him. | , The house cost about $2,300, we are told, and the furniture about a , thousand. There was, fortunately, ! $1,500 in insurance. • The colored Episcopal church yyas threatened by the blaze, but gftYglJ with little injury. ..——> —■ — 9-' ■ 1 ■- Editor Plyler at Mt. ■ Pleasant Church The following interesting iten? about Mt. Pleasant Methodist church is clipped from The North Carolina Christian Advocate: • “The revival at Mt. Pleasant church on Haw River circuit will be gin on the third Sunday in August. This is one of the old churches in Chatham county at which revivals have been the order of the years for more than a century. As we walked through the burying grounds last Sunday and read the names on the tombs such as Atwater, Bynum, Mann, Stroud, and a score of others, a .new sense of the significance of the years came upon us. Rev. Wm. Snipes (1793-1832), a grandfather of Rev. E. M. Snipes of the North Carolina conference, Rev. Garland Green and Rev. J. C. D. Stroud, who died early in the ministry, sleep in the old cemtery. Ex-Congressman J. W. Atwater, along with many other prominent citizens of this section, rest here. Many who are scattered abroad have fond memories of other days and friends and kindred of the long ago.” Jury Drawn for Trial of Gastonia Strikers Mecklenburg county commission ers in regular session Monday drew a regular venire of 18 men from whom the jury will be selected to try the Gastonia strikers for the murder of Police Chief Aderholt. It is very likely that a special venire of 500 names will be drawn, as no one expects to get a jury out of the eighteen regulars. Under the law, however, a special venire can not be summoned until after court con venes. The special term for trial of these cases will begin August 29 with Judge M. V. Barnhill-presid ing. Wanted: Cotton Mill Man to Address Labor T. A. Wilson, president of the North Carolina federation of labor and a member of the state industrial commission, is looking for a cotton mill owner who is in sympathy with textile labor organizing to address the labor federation at its annual convention in Raleigh next month. So far he has not found such a man, but he has not given up hope. He says that surely all of the mill men are not so short sighted or blind to what organization has done for labor in other industries. If such a speak er can not be found,-, it is the pur r pose of President Wilson to suggest to the convention that a letter be sent out to every mill man in the state asking what his position on this question is. $ FOUNDER OF BOY SCOUTS MADE A BRITISH BARON Sir Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, has been created a baron in recognition of his work among boys. Forty thousand Boy Scouts from all parts of the world are in England now celebrating the twenty first birthday of the scout movement. $ Unafraid First Housewife: “Yes. I heard a noise and got up, and there, under the bed, I saw a man’s leg.” Second Ditto: “Good heavens! The burglar’s?” “No; my husband’s. He’d heard the noise, too.”—Answers. <*>- Icy Love Craig—“ What’s that old refrig erator doing in your daughter’s room?” Holt—“ She’s in love with the ice man, and calls it her hope chest.,, — Baltimore Sun. They Celebrate , 50th Anniversary i ® Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Justice cele brated their golden wedding anniver i sary by a trip to Washington, D. C., and other points of interest. While t in Washington they were entertained by their nephew Frank N. Justice. 5 As the latter has lived in the Capital City twenty years, he knew just . where to take them to see the most | interesting things. On the way home they stopped at Shennandoah Cavern. Before cross , ing the Natural Bridge. They went , down and gazed at the wonder of wonders. After riding 900 miles . they thought they would have a rest , at home, but lo they found all the I children and grandchildren there for the reception, a table decorated with , summer flowers and loaded with good ’ things to eat and drink, including > lemonade, iced tea, watermelons, | sweet cider, and more solid viands. After the feast and short talks by , the members of the family, the rest of the day was spent in taking pic ’ tures and having a good time in general, the children delighting in ; pony rides, i As the good-bys were said all wished that father and mother might may live to see their diamond anni versary. I Huston May LeacG*~ t Republicans in 1930 A mating o i the Republican na -1 tional committee has been called for September to select a chairman to succeed Dr, Hubert Work? recently ' resigned. It is generally beiieyed among political leaders that Presi dent Hoover has selected Claudius Huston of Tennessee for this posi | tiom Mr. Huston has been active in party affairs for some months, and is credited with having tremendous influence with the president. Many observers believe that he is responsi ble for the downfall of Horace Mann as the chief counselor of the presi dent on southern affairs. The negro problem is vexing re publicans. There is a distinct senti ment for ousting him from the inner circles of the party, but leaders fear the effect of this action on certain northern districts that have a ma jority of negro voters. Ben Davis of Georgia and Perry Howard of Mississippi are slated to lose their jobs as patronage bosses in these states. It is said that the active publicity campaign, being conducted by the democratic national headquarters at Washington under direction of Ras kob and Shouse has the republicans worried and a man, of Huston’s ag gressive type is needed to handle the national committee during the con gressional elections next summer. MARRIAGE LICENSES The marriage business since July 1 has been so slow that The Record neglected to publish the list. Not a single license has been issued for a person under 21 years of age since the marriage ban law went into ef fect. Licenses for the marriage of the following couples has been is sued since June 28 to August 1: White—Homer Hall and Artis Brew er; N. J. Hilliard and Gertie M* Ganes; Herbert W. Murray, Gold ston, and Merita Williams, McCon nell, N. C.; Z. F. Caviness and Etta Foster, both of Asheboro; Ivey J. McMeill and Annie Rice, both of Jonesboro; James D. Whitaker and Cora Mabel Farrell, both of Pitts boro. Improvements at New Salem Church 9— The New Salem congregation is to be congratulated upon the strik ing improvements recently made in their church building. In the first place, the church was moved so as to -face the-new highway. Then four Sunday school rooms were added, which can be opened into the main auditorium. The rooms have been seated and the whole church painted. The new rooms were dedicated Sun day. Also a series of revival services began, in which pastor R. R. Gordon is doing the preaching. SUGGESTING MAXWELL — 9 — (From The Lexington Dispatch.) Raleigh newspaper men who sent out the “dope” that Allen J. Max well, now state commissioner of rev enue, might be persuaded to run for governor in 1932 seem to have struck a rather popular chord. > North Carolina has been watching this fellow Maxwell for a good many years. It has gained the impression that he has a head on his shoulders that is used for something besides a hatrack and that he has a back bone that really functions. There are few men—there may be none—who are as well informed about the pertinent facts of state government as is Alien Maxwell. And this state has had few in public life jin recent years who have matched him in the courage and intelligence that he has displayed in ascertaining and defending the facts. Subscribers at Every Postoffice and All R. F. D. Routes in Great County of Chatham VOLUME 51, NUMBER 45 VOTERS NOW TO USE ' AUSTRALIAN BALLOT , New Voting Law Went Into i l Effect July I—lmprove j ment Over Old Method ; <$> —— Judge J. Crawford Biggs, chair man,' has called a meeting of the ; state board of elections for today ■ to consider matters pertaining to the ; new Australian ballot law. One of the matters considered will be the ! purchase of voting booths for coun ', ties and cities. < It has been’ suggested • that these might be bought in whole sale lots by the state board and sold 1 at lower rates to counties and towns. Some plan for both city and county « to use the same booths will be work • ed out if possible. , The state board of elections has 7 three Democrats and two Republi- cans as follows; J. Crawford Biggs -of Raleigh, George S. McNeill of 1 Fayetteville and John C. Sikes of 1 Monroe, democrats; Adrian S. Mitch ell and Fred D. Hamrick of Ruth -1 erfordton, republicans, Voting U&fef the new will be e stjraly qifferent "from tiie old lheth§d* Secret voting will bo possi ble for the first time. ae| would much space for publication here, but the two ) sections governing voting booths and the manner in which judges and . voters shall handle the -ballots are , given for the informations of tli<r~ . voters, It should be borne in mind [ that where the term Board of Elec tions is used the same thing applies , to the Board of Commissioners in ; the municipal election. The Aus-' tralian ballot law is - Chapter 164, Public Laws of 1929. After explain ! ing how ballots are to be printed ! and distributed to the registrars the law specifies how the voting booths shall be arranged, as follows: “Section 17. Voting Booths, ar rangement and number of, and pro visions as to. “The County Board of Elections | in each county whose duty it is to , hold the election and appoint polling places therein, as herein provided for, shall cause the same to be pro vided with a suitable number of vot ’ ing booths, equipped with the tables or shelves on which voters may conveniently, mark their ballots. Each voting booth shall be at least three feet square and six feet high and shall contain three sides and have a door or curtain in front, which door or curtain shall extend within two feet of the floor; and each booth shall be so arranged that it shall be impossible for one voter in one voting booth to see another voter at another voting booth in the act of marking his ballot. The ar rangement shall be such that ther ballot boxes and voting booths shall be in plain view of the judges of election. The number of such voting booths shall be not less than one for each hundred voters qualified to vote at such polling places. Each voting booth shall be kept properly lighted and provided with proper supplies and conveniences for mark ing ballots. The County Board of Elections may provide buildings by lease or otherwise in which the elec tions are to be conducted, or they may cause a space not more than one hundred feet frftm the ballot box to be roped off, in which space no person shall be allowed to enter ex cept through away not exceeding three feet in width for the entrance and exit of voters. They may pre scribe the manner in which the place for holding elections shall be prepared in each precinct so as to PLEASE TURN TO PAGE FIVE Gulf News Items Mrs. J. A. Little, who had been ill at her home here for several days, was carried to Scott’s Hospital Fri day for further treatment. Dr. R. W. Palmer went to a San ford hospital for treatment Friday. The A. & Y. bridge force is re pairing and painting the railroad depot here, which adds much to the appearance of the building. Mr. James Morgan passed away near Gulf Sunday morning. He had been suffering several weeks with cancer of the stomach. His body was carried to Montgomery county Monday for burial. It was accom panied by a number of relatives and friends. Hte'is survived by his wife and three sons, Carl of Albemarle, Carson of Troy, and John, who re sides near Sanford. Miss Viola Johnson left Monday to spend several days with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Poe, at Star. —9 ■ PAGE TRUST COMPANY MADE DEPOSITORY 9— t The Page Trust Company of Siler City has been made depository for , funds of the banks of Bennett and , Bonlee, which (recently voluntarily closed their doors. All cash and items of these two banks have been deposited with the Page bank and the liquidation department of the corporation commission has opened an account here during settlement of , the affairs of the two banks.