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Paper with a Prestige - of a Half Century County, Not a Cc munity Paper. FS T A WISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. LEE AND CHATHAM lead state in brick The Sanford Express Reckons Nearly Half of Brick and jibing of State Manufac tu ed in Counties of Lee and Chatham - following article from The v • ‘ tl Express is enlightening as l u' extent of the brick and tile . <rv in Lee and Chatham. The v principal plants in Chatham are . Carolina Fire-Proofing Company < ; ;If and the Brickhaven plant. 'j:.-. 'figures of The Express do not 0 v r fully those of the latter plant. < r The Express: "'“Few people in Sanford realize -V' about one-third of the brick n ... jiaetured in the State is the ‘,',‘Tjyet of plants operated within a ’e> of Sanford. Including the of the big plant at Brick h;V.n. just across the Cape Fear v : ver in Chatham county, it would ally reach 50 per cent. Why are ■ an 'y of the brick plants of the s (Operated in this section? Be cause of the fine clay. It is said a about the best in the State. It v the best clay that can be had for making the finest quality of face, .well as common brick. ‘ How many people of this com mur.ity realize that the manufacture f brick and tile is about the biggets industry in this section? It has reached its present proportions with n the past few years. Following is approximately the output of the six plants per year: The two Isenhour plants, twenty millions; Sanford Brick & Tile Company, twelve mil lions; Sanford Shale Brick Company, twelve millions; Borden Brick & Tile Company, ten to twelve mil lions; and about an equal amount of tile: Carolina Fire Proofing C om * pany. about the same amount of both brick and tile. These six plants em ploy all told, about 300 men, and the wages average from $2.00 to $3.00 per day. This is a big amount of money to get circulation in this community from one industry, if the manufacture of brick and tiles can be considered one dustry. Most of this money is spent here in Sanford. “Mr. L. C. Isenhour ■was the first man to manufacture brick in this section on a large scale. He grew up in the business and is probably ve best known brick manufacturer North Carolina. He has made a great success in the business since coming to Colon in 1918, getting his plant in operation the following year. He has from time to time in creased the capacity of his business and for the past year or two has had two plants in operation. It would be interesting to know the number of brick he has made since breaking dirt at Colon and the amount of money realized from the 'ale of these brick. “To give you some idea of what the Borden Brick & Tile Company is doing we would state that they have shipped 300 cars of tile to Dur ham during the past 12 months to go in the new buildings that are being constructed for Duke Univer sity. 150 cars of this material have been shipped since the first of this year. This company is also manu facturing a very fine quality of face as well as common brick. "Since putting their plant in ope ration the Carolina Fire Proofing Company ba3 shipped much brick and tile to distant parts of the coun ty. A few weeks ago the plant was shut down to make repairs and im provements. They have finished in stalling S 10.000 worth of new ma chinery, and everything is now in better shape to push the business anc j promptly fill all orders for ma trial. The plant was put in opera tion again this week. T .,’L a 't year the Sanford Brick & * l i e Company filled a big order for to go in new buildings at Fort kragg, and we understand other or hcrs will be filled when building op 10rbi are resumed at the fort.” > school Quito a delegation from the or * community was here Mon petitioning the board of educa -°r a school at Meronies. The was necessary to drop one it appeared at one time - most of the patrons pre- r ° have their children convey s Bonlee, but it turns out dif -~y. Quite a number want a f and were here to ask for one. t- board authorized Supt. r ri son a . nc * chairman to visit immunity Wednesday and reach 'fusion in the matter. PITTSBORO SCHOOL WINS --IRST PRIZE AT PRIZE PiT; educational exhibit of the th.. Y° r ° won first prize at ‘‘ ' ounty Fair last week. This torv -T aS a * so won his ,.r ~ pn^e * chemistry prize, primary w; V* P - nze ’ ancJ others. The exhibit fjvp.'iYY, a creditable one. Bonlee, Monoure, and Goldston, also* editable exhibits. The Chatham Record Floods in the South Heavy rains prevailed largely throughout the southern states last week. The tropical storm which wrought.havoc in the Bahamas cuts a narrow swath through lower Flor ida, and then seemed to bend sharp ly to the northeast. North Carolina did not lie in the storm area, but the atmospheric condition which resulted trom the ,freakish wanderings of the storm, or that which itself caused that ireakishness, produced two days of downpour with considerable wind i in North Carolina. But practically all Record readers are aware of what happened in this territory. The Haw and Deep did not rise as high as in 1908, but this was be cause of the fact that the rains in upper counties were not as heavy as through this section of the State. There was a marked difference in the report of the rain fall at Greens boro and at Raleigh. If the fall upon the headwaters of the two streams had equaled that here, there is little question that the record of 1908 would have been reached. No one at Pittsboro made an ex act measure of the rainfall, but one citizen says that an empty galvan ized tub, like one he showed the writer in a store, about a foot deep with perpendicular body, was run ning over Wednesday morning. As one t>f the towns in the belt reported 10 Vs inches of rain, the statement does not seem to be extravagant. New Hope, whose waters are re tarded by the embankment built! when the concrete bridge on high way ninety was constructed, reached to the Thrailkill store, a quarter of a mile from the bridge. Traffic was stopped for two days on that high way. All bottom corn in the county, and largely throughout the State, was after almost a week of recshrdlu ruined. The heavy rains, coming drizzles, have resulted in damage to cotton that had started to open. The crop was already short and boll weevil damaged, and now a consid erable portion of what was thought to have been made is rotten. The greatest danger to the bridges was from accumulations of floating tress. The heavy winds with the rain had broken down green trees and these formed rafts that threatened particularly the bridge on the Pitts boro-Sanford highway. Men were busy with ropes and trucks in trying to drag out the menacing rafts, but the force of the water made it a difficult task. However, ail the prin cipal bridges escaped serious injury. The A. & Y. trains could not cross the Deep river bridge. Passengers were transferred over the new high way bridge near Gulf. The rise of the Cape Fear at Fayetteville on Tuesday was unpre cedented. The river rose forty feet in a day. But the lighter rainfall on the headwaters of the Haw and Deep had a similar effect in stopping the rise on the Cape Fear before it broke the previous high water records. P.-T. A. Meets The Parent-Teacher Association met in the school auditorium for the October meeting. The president called for reports from the various standing commit tees: Yard, hospitality, health, and ways and means. Mrs. Lindo Johnson, of the health committee, is planning a get-together meeting at Mrs. Hamp Ferguson’s. The grade mothers gave their re ports. In the grade count, the tenth grade again won the dollar offered for largest attendanee. The secretary read a note from the district secretary, thanking the association for the invitation to hold the district meeting here, but owing to our location it was thought best to select a town more nearly in the center of the district, thereby af fording a greater number of people an opportunity to attend. The following were elected dele gates to the state convention in Henderson: Mrs. Riggsbee, Mrs. Shananhouse, Mrs. Connell. Mrs. Lindo Johnson, Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. W. B. Chapin were chosen as al ternates. At the close of the business meet ing the members of the teachers’ training class delighted us with their realistic interpretation of some of the world’s most noted pictures. This was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The next impoi’tant date on the parent-teacher calendar is the Hal iovveen carnival. This will be ad vertised fully at a later date. —Mrs. Victor R. Johnson, secretary. , <g> INSANE NEGROES ENJOYING HIGH WATER High water last week surrounded the hospital for negro insane at Goldsboro and flooded the lower floors, driving the inmates to higher stories. The women’s building was in worst condition, and it is said that the women had a gleeful time during He flood and gave attendants con siderable trouble wanting to play in the water. * G. R. Bowlen, a Chicago porter, was arrested for stealing French gowns, the wearing of which by his wife aroused the suspicions of his employer. ” PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1929 SANDY CREEK ASSN. HOLDS 171ST MEET North Carolina’s Oldest Bap tist Association in Session Last Week at Fall Creek— Next Session Goes to Siler City. The 171st session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association was held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oc tober 3, 4 and 5, at Fall Creek church in western Chatham. Victor Johnson of Pittsboro was re-elected moderator and H. A. Teague, clerk and treasurer, the office of treasurer being discontinued. Fifty-nine of the 61 churches were represented, either by messengers or letter, or both. Large congregations were present for the several sessions. The hospitality of the Fall Creek community was magnificent. Prominent visitors were Superin tendent Kesler of the Mills Home, or Thomasville orphanage, Dr. J. A. Campbell of Campbell College, Rev. W. D. Bostick, missionary to China on furlough, and Rev. R. B. Line berry, who though located in the eastern part of the state, is the of ficial historian of the Association, and is preparing a history to be published on completion. The latest history of the body is that of the late George W. Purifoy, which brought the history through the first hundred years of the body, or till 1858. Rev. B. G. Early represented the Biblical Recorder, but while he lives in Raleigh he is pastor of Hic kory Mountain church. There was a full program, covering all the work of the association, the state convention, and the Southern Baptist convention, including the woman’s work of the several organi zations. Sermons were preached by Rev. F. C. Hawkins, Sanford, Rev. O. A. Keller of Jonesboro, and Rev. T. F. Stimson of Southern Pines. Attending from this community were Rev. R. R. Gordon, W. H. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Petty, F. C. Upchurch, also Pastor Caudill, Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Cooper, E. L. Perry, John Thrift, and Moderator Johnson. Mr. Early, representing the Rel - who has attended several as sociations this season, stated that this association had about the best attendance of any that he had vis ited. The next session goes to Siler City. Rev. T. F. Stimson, pastor at Southern Pines, is to preach the in troductory sermon, with Rev. A. O. Keller chosen as alternate. Misses Willett and Davis Win Contest —s — Frances Willett, of the fourth grade in the Siler City school, and Miss Virginia Davis, of the seventh grade in the Goldston school, were the winners of the spell ing contest at the Fair Saturday. There were two contests, one em bracing representatives from the sec ond, third, and fourth grades of the county schools, and the other repi*e sentatives from the fifth, sixth and seventh grades. The prize in each contest was five dollars. The donors of the prizes are Messrs. Wade Siler and J. D. Durant. Moncure, Bonlee, Pittsboro, Siler City, Goldston, By num, and Bell were the schools rep resented. Little Dorothy Smith of the second grade of the Pittsboro school competed with the third and fourth grade group and stood up well toward the last. Miss Camilla John son of the Pittsboro seventh grade stood, too, well toward the last in her group. Mrs. Cordon, under whose auspices the contest was held, states that the contest will be an annual affair, and that next year there will be three groups instead of the two, and it is hoped that three public spirited citi zens will donate similar prizes. In this way she hopes to stimulate an interest in spelling in the schools, and that she hopes that each school will have a monthly contest in each grade during the session in prepara tion for the contest at the next fair. FRANK BARCLAY WINS SEVERAL BIG HONORS It is gratifying to his Pittsboro friends to learn of the several dis tinctions won by Mr. Frank Barclay, son of Rev. and Mrs. Jonas Barclay, a student at King College, Bristol, Tenn. He has been chosen presi dent of the senior class at his school, also president of his literary society, and business manager of the college magazine. It is quite remarkable for three distinctions to come to one student. CONVIcf^EVOLfT BUTCHER GUARDS. *—l A revolt among convicts at Colo rado state prison last Thursday re sulted in the death of seven guards} and several prisoners. The revolt ■ was lead by a life-termer who killed ? the guards and then shot himself to ieath. OFFICER WOUNDS HOMERMMON Young Man Shot, Allegedly by Officer Chas. Crutchfield— Sought to Arrest Sillmon on Charge of Car Stealing; Sillmon Likely to Die. On Wednesday morning it seems impossible to get the straight of the shooting of Homer Sillmon Tuesday forenoon near Siler City. The editor of the Record was in the sheriff’s office Tuesday when a telephone message had come sum moning the sheriff to Siler City. It was the writer’s understanding that a fight had already occurred. He and Deputies Desern and Lacy John son hurried off and have not been seen at this writing by the Record. Yet the story in the Greensboro News Wednesday morning has the deputies playing a part in the game. Tuesday at midday Amos Sillmon was lodged in jail here, but there could be no clear story obtained of the affair. The rumors that first reached Pittsboro placed the shoot ing in or near Siler City, but it seems that the alleged stolen car was left at a filling station on highway 60, several miles above Siler City. It was a Cadillac car, "while the two j Sillmons seem to have come up in j a Chrysler to get it, when Deputy Crutchfield was present to arrest > them. ! Amos must have been out of the car and fell into the hands of the officers, while Homer remained in the car, got shot and fled, and was overtaken. He was brought to Dr. Edward’s office at Siler City, where the doctor discovered the serious nature of his wound and had him hurried to a Greensboro hospital. The Greensboro News reports only a chance in a thousand for him to live. The shot cut the intestines in several places, and peritonitis was declared to have already set in. The following is a part of the Greensboro News story of Wednes day morning: Information here is to the effect that the Chatham county officers were undertaking to arrest Sillmon for investigation in connection with the alleged theft of the Cadillac sedan. Yesterday Mr. Bradley said that Deputy Sheriff Crutchfield told him that after the shooting Homer Sill mon said to that deputy sheriff, “All right, if I get well you’ll be sorry for it.” Last night the Daily News obtain ed the following version of the shoot ing from Chatham county: “Officers here had been notified to be on the lookout for a Cadillac sedan which had been stolen from a dealer in New Jersey. Last week J. R. Pendergrast, state automobile inspector, was through here and gave a description of the car. “This morning the officers saw the Cadillac car at Morgan’s filling sta tion in Siler City. It was left there by two men who asked that a spare tire be changed. They said that they would call for the car in about an hour. In the meantime Deputy Sheriff Charlie Crutchfield notified the sheriff’s office at Pittsboro and asked that deputies be sent to Siler City from Pittsboro. Deputy Sheriffs C. T. Desern and Lacy Johnson came. “Deputy Sheriffs Crutchfield, De sern and Johnson went to the filling station and secured the keys to the Cadillac. Two men drove up to the station in a Chrysler coupe. One of the men got out, the other remain ed in the car, the engine still run ning. The officers handcuffed the man who got out. Lacy Johnson stepped on the running board of the Chrysler in order to arrest Sillmon for investigation in connection with the alleged theft of the Cadillac. Sill mon pushed him off, stepped on the gas and drove away. Say Three Officers Fired “The three officers jumped into the Cadillac car in pursuit of Sill- P LEA SB TURN TO PAGE EIGHT »r iTM p!,) J HHMM i xRe LID IS OFF j The footbal season is now in full j swing. Photo shows Moore, star full ; back of Northwestern University, getting his toe in shape for coming struggles in the gridiron. Pitt Mops up with Duke The University of Pittsburgh foot ball team mopped up with the Duke University team Saturday in the ded ication game in the new Duke stadium. The score was 52 to 7, Duke scoring in the last quarter. The new stadium will seat 30,000 people and it was filled Saturday. A number of people from this com munity attended the game. The next big game in the state will be that between the Universitv and Georgia at Chapel Hill Saturday. > —— ——■ — British Premier Confers with Hoover Ramsay MacDonald, first prime minister of Great Britain to visit America while in office, landed at New York last Friday and went im mediately to Washington to confer with President Hoover on interna tional questions, with especial ref erence to naval strength parity among the nations. He was met in New York "by Secretary of State Stimson and soon after arriving in Washington the president and his guest left for the presidential camp in the Virginia hills. Premier MacDonald is accom panied on the American trip by his daughter, Miss Isabel MacDonald, who is his official hostess. It is hoped that a much more friendly feeling between the govern ments of the two English speaking nations may result from the visit of the British statesman to this country. j Legion Convention Meets at Louisville The national convention of the American Legion met at Louisville, Ky., last week with more than 30,000 legionaires attending. General Al bert Cox of Raleigh was regarded as a leading candidate for national commander but the general himself placed in nomination O. L. Boden hamer of Arkansas and moved his election by acclamation. It is be lieved that this puts General Cox in line for election without serious op position next year. Mrs. Donald Mcßae of Council Bluffs, lowa, was elected head of the Auxiliary. The Legion convention next year will be held at Boston. <s> Bennetts ville-Cheraw R. R. Delivery O. K.’d Bennettsville, S. C., Oct. 4.—Ad vices received here are to the effect that the Interstate Commerce Corn store door delivery as related to in mission at Washington has allowed interstate shipments by the Bennetts ville and C-heraw railroad. This de cision is a victory for the road. The tariff was announced to go on several months ago. The innovation was op posed by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and the Baltimore and Caro lina was enjoined from carrying out the project. A hearing was held a few months ago at Fayetteville. The delivery as relates to intra state has been carried on uninter ruptedly since the new plan went into effect. Sinclair Again Denied Freedom from Jail Justice Siddons of the District of Columbia court has again denied freedom to Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, before natural expiration of his term on November 22. Sinclair was committed to jail on May 6. Then on June 22 he was sentenced to six months on another count, the terms to run “concurrently.” Sin clair contended that the last sen tence was retroactive and dated from May 6; Justice Siddons rules that it was not and dates from June 22. Five days off each month for good behavior will let the oil magnate eat Thanksgiving dinner at home. WILLIAMS AND McKENVIE MAY NOT BE CONFIRMED Serious opposition in developing in the senate to confirmation of Carl Williams and Sam McKelvie of the farm board. Williams is from Oklahoma and is the cotton repre sentative on the board. Opposition to his confirmation is led by Senator Smith of South Carolina, who is sup ported in his position by Senators from Georgia and Texas. McKelvie hails from Nebraska and is the wheat representative on the board. Sen ator Wheeler of Montana is one. of the chief opponents of his confirma tion, but some of the western re publicans are also displeased with his attitude. Voting on the appointments will not come up for several weeks yet and by that time opposition may j disappear. j GERMAN LEADER DEAD 1 Gustave Streseman, former pre- I; mier of Germany and regarded by ! many as the. greatest German since , Bismarck, died last Wednesday. He j had been one of the chief leaders in ; forming the new German republic jand was a figure in world court and reparations conferences. -j Subscribers at Every Postoffice and All R. F. D. Routes in Great County of Chatham VOLUME 52, NUMBER 4 LAST WEEK MARKED BY MANY TRAGEDIES Physican Shot by Mad Man in Sanford—Five Die as Result of Attack of Officers Upon Strikers at Marion Con victs Revolt in Colorado The papers Thursday and Friday of last week were unduly loaded ’ with reports of tragedies.. Nearest Pittsboro was the shoot ing of Dr. J. P. Monroe, of Sanford, five times by W. A. Maness, a former inmate of the State Hospital, who was under the apparent delusion ’ that Dr. Monroe had at an earlier date tried to poison his family. Man ess walked up without a word to Dr. Monroe at a filling station and shot him. five times. Fortunately, no bullet struck a vital point, though one came so near the doctor’s spine as to cause partial paralysis. All five bullets hit him, one in the right shoulder, one in the face, one in an arm, breaking it, another passed through the palm of his hand, and the fifth lodged near his spinal col umn. The last mentioned was re moved. Three were left in the body for the present. Maness was lodged in jail, a hearing being postponed to learn the results of the wounds. Massacre at Marion From Marion came the startling news of the wholesale shooting of strikers by a sheriff’s force. Three men were killed almost outright and a score more wounded, two of whom later died. * An agreement had been reached a few weeks ago between mill and strikers, a condition being that no discrimination was to be shown against former strikers by the mill management. Members of the union claimed that this part of the agree ment had not been kept, and the night shift walked out before day. A crowd of strikers and sympa thizers assembled at the mill gate to prevent entrance of the day shift. Sheriff Adkins and several deputies came to the gate. When the time for the opening of -the gate came, the crowd was ordered to depart. Tear bombs were exploded and firing The evidence is that the strikers started immediately afterward, were not armed, except a few with sticks. One man hit Sheriff Adkins and was shot down. The sheriff ar rested him and put handcuffs on him, unaware that the man was practically dead. He died in the hospital with the handcuffs on. Shooting, accord ing to witnesses, lasted not more than two minutes, but many shots were fired, with the results indicated above. The governor ordered troops to the scene. But as usual the mis chief had already been played. Many on each side have been indicated for murder. The indictments against strikers include the charge of in citing to riot and to revolution, the same foolish charges as in other cases. Judge Harding sat two days last week and is continuing his sit ting this week as a magistrate mak ing inquiry into the affair. Scores of witnesses have been heard. The funeral of the dead strikers was taken as an occasion by several speakers, some of them from the North, to berate the officers and the attitude of the State in the various crisises at the mills. Prisoners Revolt From away over in Colorado came harrowing stories of the revolt of 150 convicts, in the penitentiary at Canon City. They captured the guards and held them as hostages, threatening to kill them if they were not allowed their freedom. One dead body after another was thrown out to indicate the fate -of the others if the convicts’ demands should not be granted. A Catholic priest volun teed to attempt to blow up the wing of the prison in which the desperate prisoners were assembled, but did not succeed. But the stress became so great that finally the leader of the convicts killed four others and himself, and the leaderless bunch then surrendered. In addition to these unusual crimes,, the usual list of casualties by accident, including a disastrous train wreck, marked the week. SNIPES-JUSTICE Miss Lelia Justice and Mr. John Robert Snipes were married Octo ber 3, at iO o’clock, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Justice. Rev. R. R. Gordon per formed the ceremony. Only a few friends and relatives were present. The bride was charming in medi tation blue spigetta trimmings, and beaded-lace collar and accessories to match. She carried a corsage of cream roses. They left immediately after the ceremony for Pilot Mountain and other interesting points in the state. The bride has been a popular i- teacher in the county and is a young k lady of attractive personality. The > groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John i Snipes of Goldston. • § [ The Cormorant devours five tons of fish in a year.