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PAGE EIGHT IT is indeed a beneficent influence that for a season, however brief, deflects or withdraw. 11 the mind from the mad rush of commeic and industry and directs it into * e pleasantness and peace. And it Is *■ I blessing to have the turmoil 1 ofi ; slowed down a bit annually for the sake oi j calendar year is marked by days, weeks i a r months. We live not by months or weeks, j bu* by davs. It is therefore important that we j take account of the contribution each day makes to our lives. We look upon -special days as ip ore attractive, enlivening and conducive to £ -.-easing our happiness and enriching our domestic and social relations than othei dajs. THANKSGIVING is one of the -special days ■tr' oh during recent years, comes to North O -oiiaians freighted with the spirit of good of cheerfulness, of happy greetings fra* with friendship that means service where mav be needed. If we would enter into and enjoy “the real spirit of Thanksgiving we jrv-~* keep our minds and our hearts fixed upon tw. c tar of Bethlehem’s manger from which e r - - mted a spirit of meekness, love and help fi ’ as unsurpassed in the history of mankind. 'iv, rightly appreciate the spirit of fihanks- K \ -we must have the spirit of the Christ w:.o called the little ones to Himself and said: •‘Su.Tor little children to come unto Me and fc bid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” It is when we have the sweetness of lcve and the spirit of the Master in our lives th't we brighten and cheer the lives of those around us. Each of us have an individual part to'perform in life’s drama; each has a duty incumbent upon him, each has a J? s ¥ to meet. Our future success will depend on individualizing our allotted share of the service to be rendered in making the world a better pis. e in which to live. Few situations in life are more distressing tp -u that of children without homes. No loss seems so great as that of parental love Bereavement inflicts its stroke w T ith acutest an mish when it cuts all the tender ties that bird the loving lives of father and mother to our devoted heart Other sorrows, other losses we may bear with fortitude. Other bereave ments even, seem not to fill our spirit with such bitter humiliation; for they come to us in after-life, when we have somewhat learned to bear the lessons of grief, and when manhood or womanhood has brought us increased power of endurance. _ .... Childhood, with all its ignorance of worldly sorrow, and with all its frailty of spirit, is overwhelmed by tribulation of being orphaned. The orphan, therefore, is entitled to peculiar sympathy and protection. The child bereaved of its natural guardianship and left, in its innccency and tears, to the mercies of a cold THE FEATHER BED IN SONG AND TRADITION (Greensboro News) George Dover writes from Shelby that “All you newspaper fellows are off on ‘the old gray goose.’ It was Aunt Dinah who owned the goose that died and that has been so for about 50 years.” Well, go ahead George, and prove it; although you will never convince those who were personally acquainted with the late lamented Aunt Patsy that her name was Dinah; it was no more Dinah than it was Rhoda. The Chatham Record arises to testify that she was Aunt Patsy, and that the allegation of the song was that “the old gray goose is dead.” We insist that the line should read “her old goose is dead.” Let it be remembered that this line goes to the notes of the line “to sing Thy praise.” The prosody is defective at best; why should it have been made more so by the introduction of the tautological “gray” in modification , of goose, since all geese known to the day and generation to which this, song belongs were of a color, one goose being practically the spit and image of another? However, we find ■ upon investigation that there are many people laboring under the mis-! taken impression, many “Aunt Pat-' sy” people, that the adjective be- j longs; and we are not disposed to stir up schism by too much insist ence that it does not. It looks as if it might be necessary for us “Aunty Patsy” people to stand to gether, if these Aunt Rhodas and Aunt Dinahs and such are to be put in their place. Our Chatham con temporary rambles off into reminis cent paths: “. . . mighty few feather beds are being made these years. There are lots of feather beds in North Carolina, but the feathers in most of them are from fifty to a hundred years old. It is quite clear from the day when feather beds were con sidered of so much importance that one of the old Petersons of Samp son county would devise in his will the next picking of the geese after his death to a certain daughter. She probably hadn’t yet, at the writing of the will, had the usual feather bed completed for her. In those days, and later, parents felt it incumbent upon them to furnish each child with a feather bed.” A feather bed for the daughters, it is written, in some sections, and a horse for each son; and no doubt there may have been localities in which it was a point of pride for the son to be given both a horse and a feather bed, at his majority. It is recorded that the people slept on feather beds, straw ticks and shuck mattresses; the straw tick and \ the shuck mattress denoted a state ! of .poverty confessed. There was the j line of demarcation between poverty 1 and not povrty; but if the family ac cumulated faster than the geese produced feathers, a part of it had to get along for awhile without the downy couch. But poor, rich and middling, it is gathered, alike spread their beds on a corded stead, and we aim to go around one of these days to the Guilford historical museum and see if they have one of the contrivances used to tune up, as it were, a bed cord. The well to-do changed gradually from the corded to the slatted bed, which evolution may or may not have gone along with the general employment of the straw tick or the shuck mat tress as a buffer between slats and feathers, to the comfort of the sleep- SIGNIFICANCE OF A “SPECIAL DAY” er’s ribs. Feather beds—it would be interesting to know how much thou sands of them are in nocturnal use in Guilford. Do you suppose the tax returns would show? 15-Gallon Flow at Depth of 43 Feet For weeks and weeks, running into months, w r ell-borers attempted to se cure a supply of water for Pittsboro. A geologist had come and picked out sites. The first was solid rock and was abandoned after considerable i work. Then a site on the western j edge of town was chosen and the well was sunk to the depth of 460 l feet and only about 15 gallons a , minute secured. The cost to the j town was more than $3000.00, and ino adequate supply of water was , secured. Quite different was the experience | of Mr. Geddie Fields, who wanted water for the Fields building. Mr. C. R. Heater brought his outfit over : from Cary the first of last week, ; placed it in the hollow back of the Fields building, went down nearly 40 feet before striking rock. Then pass ing through a stratum of rock a few feet a flow of 15 gallons a minute ■ was secured and the drilling outfit w r as gone at noon Friday. ! This well and the 460-foot one to ’ gether should supply all needs of the i town when times permit the installa tion of a water system. In the meantime, however, more and more private homes and business houses are installing their own water supply and the need of a municipal system grows less and less. However, it would be comparatively easy by se curing Mr. Fields’ water to erect a tank right near Main street and lay piping enough to supply water in case of fire in the business part of town. ® COST OF HUNTING LICENSE UNDER STATE GAME LAW The costs of hunting license in North Carolina are as follows: For residents, game license to be used in one county, $1.25, to be used any where in the state, $5.25. Fishing li cense to be used in the county, sl.lO, anywhere in the state, $2.10. For non residents the game license is $15.25, and the fishing license $3.10. Boards of county commissioners may prescribe additional license fees for non-residents hunting in their respec tive counties. A person under 16 who is a mem ber of a resident family may hunt under the license of his parent or guardian; a non-resident minor child of a resident may procure and use resident hunting license when actu ally visiting such resident parent. A resident land owner and dependent member of his family under 21 may hunt on his own land during open i season without a license. A lessee of a farm for cultivation may hunt without license. A fishing license is required only for fresh waters, and not at all of a person fishing on waters on his own land, nor of a person who accom panies sue howner or has written permission to fish in such waters. A fishing licensee must wear a license button. $ ANNOUNCEMENT The Young Woman’s Exangelistic Club of Chatham County offers a cordial invitation to all young girls to meet with them each Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m., in the Presby terian church, Pittsboro. i world, becomes the very symbol of defenseless affliction; and as such, it siiould receive the protection of every man s arm and Lie aheetion of every woman’s heart. To tli« North Carolina Orphan Association, it is the solemn consideration that God Himself has made especial promises of protection to the orohan, friends who will “stick closer than a brother.” Friends who come in the hour ot need and become vehicles of Mercy; Truth and Justice flashing no rates of stocks ci pageantry of kings, but making the circuit of the world with help for the destitute and honor for the lowly. Those capable of estimating the value of the life of a child bereft of the blessings and com forts of a home, should realize what it means to enlist in the movement to swell the treas uries of the orphan homes in the State at Thanksgiving, remembering that _ the Master Himself gave expression to the inspirational pronouncement, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” To those who are looking for some outlet for the joyful spirit of Thanksgiving we commend, to their consideration, the. appeal ot the North Carolina Orphan Association which is. once again, asking every citizen of the “Good Old North State” to contribute the in come of one day out of 3G5 to the orphanage of his or her choice, on or before Thursday. November 28, the day set apart by the Presi dent of the United States and the Governor of North Carolina for the celebration of divine goodness, EVERYBODY, old and young, rich and poor, learned and illiterate, are asked to join in this holy movement and thus “visit the fatheileas in their affliction.” Respond in the right spirit and realize a continual thanksgiving in your soul which will enable you to scatter sunshine along the pathway of others on the journey toward the “setting sun.” Make the offering ; on the basis of your earning capacity for a 1 single day—more if you will; less if you can ; do no better. Make it through your church. ; y OU r lodge, or forward direct to the orphanage | in which you are most interested. | The need for liberal Thanksgiving offerings . has not been so apparent in a long time as it { is this year. Let us rise to the dignity and i demand of the hour by each doing his level i best to bless the State and lift it to a higher l plane of beneficence and good wilL The * Thanksgiving season Is a most appropriate period during which our people may show r their appreciation of the splendid service the i orphan homes are rendering in the care, pro tection. training and education of orphaned r children who might otherwise become a men -1 ace to society and a care upon the public, s Citizens of North Carolina, do your duty tc i yourselves, to your community and to the State THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. 0. ; To Beautify the Jeff Davis Highway c —♦ — Mrs. John H. Anderson writes The Record that the U. D. C. will begin to beautify the Jefferson Davis high way soon, and desires the various u organizations of Pittsboro, together with the town government, to co > operate fully in the scheme. She says - that the U. D. C. will have very little . money to appropriate to the purpose ; and that their chief outlay will be l chiefly around the ten-mile and 1 boundary markers placed by the U. i D. C. > She suggests that if every prop- I erty owner would improve the border t of the highway along his property, > if only by leaving some trees, it would I help. ? The U. D. C. are getting three-foot crepe myrtles from the Van Lindley i nursery and if property owners will [ write to that nursery now they can , get the same terms as the U. D. C. • is getting. They should be set im , mediately. Say they are for the Jef > ferson Davis highway. She would have the garden clubs and all civic bodies to join in this and help make the section through Pittsboro the most attractive on the whole highway. She suggests the planting of vines and roses on red embankments and about the bridges and culverts. The county agent, she suggests, can do much by encourag ing the country people to do this kind of planting. She is also anxious to have the defacing bill boards re moved from the highway. Mrs. Anderson states that the U. D. C. will plant on the hill by the old Cornwallis place south of Pitts boro, where the myrtles can be seen coming and going, also the approach into town from Chapel Hill. She calls attention to the fact that the children’s chapter at Pittsboro has val postponed from last Friday eve the marker on the court square and on top of the hill near the W. M. Eubanks home. The Winnie Davis chapter has contributed liberally to the planting fund, though part of it had to go toward supplying mark ers. She suggests the planting of vines and roses on the road through town from the bridges on each side of town. Mrs. Anderson, who is state direc tor for the whole highway, thinks ; the section through Chatham can be made the most beautiful of all and ; she is naturally interested in her na- 1 tive county’s securing such distinc tion. ® MRS. T. B. PERRY DEAD i Mrs. T. B. Perry died at her home in the western part of the county j Monday morning at the age of sev enty. The burial was at Bethlehem I church near Snow Camp Wednesday morning. Mrs. Terry was 70 years of age. ; She is survived by her husband and five children, Mrs. Charlie Stout of Snow Camp, H. L. Terry of Siler City, W. A. Terry of Graham, J. M. Terry of Chapel Hill, and Mrs. j George Dixon of Birmingham, Ala. ® RECENT MARRIAGES Recent marriages which have not been noted in the Record are that of Mr. Robert O. Roberson, son of Mr. W. A. Roberson, and Miss Julia Mclver, daughter of Mr. Julian Mc- Iver, which took place two or three weeks ago, and that of Mr. Wade Hampton Atwater, of Teer, and Miss Ruth Harris, daughter of Mr. T. * Harris, of Bynum, route one. L at Thanksgiving this year and realize the full delights of service by making glad the lives of hundreds of bright boys and girls, bereft of parents, who are now under the fostering care of the tine orphan homes located in various sec tions of this splendid old Commonwealth. .. .. Very respectfully, • M. L. SHIPMAN, Chairmen. REV. A. S. BARNES, CAPT. SPRAGUE SILVER, W. A. GRAHAM, ' MISS FANNIE H. YOUNG, % MRS. KATE BURR JOHNSON, ; - MRS. JOSEPHUS DANIELS, ? Publicity Committee. • Raleigh, N. C., 1929. ,_i LIST OF ORPHANAGES AND 1 SUPERINTENDENTS ! Mills Home —Dr. M. M. Kesler. Thomasville, N. C. Methodist Orphanage —Rev. A. S. Barnes, Raleigh. Presbyterian Orphan Home —JO3. B. Johnston, Barium Springs. The Children’s Home —Rev. C. A. Wood, Winston- Stiloni Thompson Orphanage —Rev. W. H. Wheeler, Charlotte. Methodist Protestant Home —Rev. A. G. Dixon, High Point. Christian Orphanage —Chas. D. Johnson, Elon College. Oxford Orphanage —Rev. C. K. Proctor, Oxford. Odd Fellows Home— Charles H. Warren, Goldsboro. Pythian Home— J. W. Knowles, Clayton. Eleida Orphanage —Rev. L. B. Compton, Asheville. * Children’s Home Society — J. J. Phoenix, Greensboro. Nazareth Orphans’ Home—Rev. W. H. McNairy, Rock well. 1 Falcon Orphanage —J. A. Culbreth, Falcon. Frecicill Baptist Home —J. H. Bennett, Middlesex. Catholic Orphanage —Rev. Geo. A. Woods, Nazareth. 1 Mountain Orphanage —J. H. Gruver, Black Mountain. ’ Grandfather Orphans’ Home —W. L. Painter, Banner ; Elk. i Alexander Home— Mrs. Fannie Sharpe, Charlotte, l Wright Refuge—Mrs. Octavia Evans, Durham. , Memorial Ind. School (Col.)—W. F. Crutcher. Winston- Colored Orphanage of N. C. —H. P. Cheatham, Oxford. Buncombe County Children’s Home—Miss Emily 3. 3 Donabo, Asheville. t Junior Order Orphanage— W. M. Shuford, Lexington. 1 Junior League Baby Home— Mrs. W. H. Williamson. 1 Jr., Charlotte. H v,-t “ r , • Child-placing Institution. 3 “Pure religion and undefiled before God and v the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and a widows in their affliction, and to keep himself i- unspotted from the world.” 1 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” FORWARD THE INCOME OF A DAY TO o THE ORPHANAGE OF YOUR CHOICE AT e THANKSGIVING. Barriers Are Needed At New Hope Bridge The accident to Miss Headen of Raleigh who was on her way to visit her sick uncle in Siler City should indicate the necessity for a strong barrier along the embankment at the new bridge across New Hope on highway 90. Her car turned and went straight down the embankment where it was several feet high. Near er the bridge the accident would have almost assuredly proved fatal. As it was, Miss Headen’s car was badly damaged and she herself cut about the breast. That embankment is too high to go without a protecting bar rier. In this connection, we remark that the outlet for the water of New Hope is too small. Mr. Harward who lives above the bridge says the water stood as deep as a man’s head in the last great freshet in a field of his where it had never reached during other freshets. The water was three feet deeper in the main stream than at the time of the great freshet in 1900. The amount of water and the embankment at the bridge both had a part in the unprecedented rise, it is presumed. ® PITTSBORO CIRCUIT PASTOR RETURNED —<§> It is with joy that I was returned to the Pittsboro charge for the sec ond year. Os course I expected nothing else and I feel sure my con gregations were expecting my return. Among all the county charges, this one was able to make a report much above the average. So I feel cer tain this statement will render en couragement to the people locally and throughout the circuit. Now, the pastor is beginning the new conference year and it is very much desired that we work in a great spirit of co-operation, meeting the obligations of the church month by month, that there may be no halt j through the year. I am happy over the fact that the great union revival, recently closed, in Pittsboro has touched all the churches throughout this section, stimulating the faith of the people in the Lord’s cause, serving to insure a loyal support, I am sure, to all the causes of the kingdom. May the spiritual uplift that has blessed us all bring forth a harvest of good things in every life among us. J, A. DAILEY, Pastor. 1 THE CHEVROLET SIX i | ii. ; i Let us demonstrate it for you. iff Bring your auto repair work to us. Every job is guaranteed. THE CHATHAM CHEVROLET COMPANY Pittsboro, N. C. I\. H. Mills, Manager Famous “Akin” Health Formula, Used for Many Years by New York Hospital Physician with Remarkable Success. Sensation i n Cities in This State Wherever Introduced.—Now on Sale Here. Announcement lias just been made in New York City that the Guardian Health Products company has acquired the rights to manufacture on a tre mendous scale, and to market nation ally under the trade name of. IKOGEA, the famous “Akin” formula. This won derful medicine is now on sale here. IROGEN, which was introduced into the larger cities of this state recently, has already become a medical sensa tion here. Thousands of cases of thin, frail, weak, run-down, underweight men and women report that they have been completely restored to health and strength from its use. NOT A PATENT MEDICINE IROGEN is NOT a patent medi cine, but the private prescription of a famous New York hospital physi cian, used with remarkable success in his own private practice for many years and tested and perfected u.ider his own observation in thousands of cases. . Representatives, in making the an nouncement, showed to newspaper men reports of tests and experiments, con firmed by famous chemists, proving that IROGEN gave excellent results in enriching the blood, improving the ap petite, aiding digestion, toning up the nerves, in overcoming stomach dis orders and other physical ailments. Authorities who have observed its power in thousands of stubborn cases state that it is exceptionally helpful G. R. Pilkington PILOT THEATRE Pittsboro, N. C. WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY, November 13 - 14 WILLIAM POWELL, JEAN ARTHUR, EUGENE PALLETTE in THE GREENE MURDER CASE A Paramount All Talking Dave Dreyer and Nora Schiller in “Tin Pan Alley” Joe Brown in “Don’t Be Jealous” FRIDAY, November 15th. NEIL HAMILTON, WARNER CLAND, and WILLIAM AUSTIN in THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU A Paramount All Talking First installment of that Great Serial THE KING OF THE JUNGLE !i SATURDAY, November 16th 808 CUSTER in THE FIGHTING TERROR Talking Comedy MONDAY - TUESDAY, November 18 - 19 CLIVE BROOKS and a big cast in The RETURN of. SHERLOCK HOLMES A Paramount All Talking Picture Jack Benny in “Bright Moments” Also a Vitapbone Act with Red Nichols SHOWS DAILY at 7:30 SATURDAYS at 3:00, 4:45, 6:30, 8:15 ADMISSION: ADULTS 40c, CHILDREN 15c BALCONY FOR COLORED: Adults 30c, Children 10c — QUANTITY PRODUCTION A couple of oranges were talking it over at one of those sos„ drink stands. “Don’t you wish you wa3 as big as me?” asked the first. “Aw, gwan, you ain’t so big!” scof fed the second. “I bet you won’t make twelve gallons more orangeade than I will!” THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 14 I<lon where the patient is sufferinz loss of flesh. a Many tests, made prior to the trans fer of the proprietorship of the IPOGEv prescription, were prompted by aniaz ing letters and statements from men and women in all walks of life telling |in detail their experiences with thk famous medicine. VITALITY RESTORED An Alabama woman wrote that hard work, worry and nervous shock had reduced her to a mere shadow of her former self, but that the IROGEN prescription brought back her vitality and strength, rounded out her figure and restored her complexion within six weeks. A North Carolina mother, terribly run down and near nervous collapse from three years of stomach trouble, took the IROGEN prescription on the advice of her physician. She stated she amazed not only herself but her husband with her quick and complete restoration to health, i By obtaining the rights to produce this wonderful medicine on a large ; scale, under the name of IROGEN, it k i ! made available for the first time to j the public, at a fraction of its former > I cost. In tablet form it is known as VIROGEN. IROGEN and VIROGEN tr-aic tablets ; may be obtained at leadir- drug stores . and dealers in mediclr.e everywhere l including PARLEY VOUS Mrs. Newriche had just arrivec from a tour of Europe, and her lo n £ suffering acquaintances had no op portunity to forget the fact. “And Paris!" she gushed. "Pari s '; just wonderful! The people are an ~ well-educated—not at all like they a l ' in this crude country, my dear! even the street cleaners can tan French!" - - ■ ■■■
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