tHIIRSPAY.^ECEMBER m^262 _I929_
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Christmas activities will be report
i week.
'he H. A. Bynum returned Satur
( - ,v from Watts Hospital.
v,v" the people got their hog-ki11....
.... weather before Christmas.
Marguerite Waters is spend
•ll(; the holidays with her parents at
Mooresville.
The Record welcomes the Chatham
college boys and girls back home for
the holidays.
rc R. H. Hayes left Saturday to
visit her brother at Cana of Davie
for two or three weeks.
The inclement weather detained
the Mrs. Jones funeral party in New
Bern over Sunday night.
We were glad to see our veteran
friend Mr. T. Y. Mims here Saturday.
He is one of the few surviving Con
federates of the county.
The Baptist Sunday school will
have a Christmas tree Thursday
night. There is no prayer meeting
scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Miss Clara Hearne, supervisor of
the elementary school at Roanoke
Rapids, is among the numerous
Chatham teachers at home for the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McGee are
spending this week with the former’s
ni-ther at Franklinton. Mr. McGee
had already sent a big turkey ahead
of him.
Misses Mattie Sue Hatch, Peggy
Wienn, and Margaret Siler, teachers
‘n the Pittsboro school, suffered in
juries, but not serious, in a recent
v.rec-k of Miss Hatch’s car.
Well, after all, we are making a
full-size paper this week, but look out
for a half-size next week. This paper
is printed Monday evening, so there
is net any of the latter week news
in it.
Principal Waters is a proud daddy.
Little Miss Shirley Lee Waters ar
rived by stork express Friday eve
ning. She already has a bank ac
count. Chairman of School Board A.
H. London started it with a five-dollar
deposit. I
Forty-one cases were tried durfrig
the term of the county court, and
only one appeal is now registered.
There was another, but the defendant
finally took his medicine. It was the
case of hunting without displaying
license or button. That is a pretty
good record, we should say.
Messrs. L. H. and Robert Petty of
Carrboro were Pittsboro visitors
Saturday. It is gratifying to note
that the latter, who has been living
in Cairboro for the past eleven years,
is soon to return to his native coun
ty. He has swapped his home in
Carrboro for the Tink Farrell place
near Bynurn.
Much sympathy is felt for Miss
r Pauline and Emily Taylor in the j
death of their aunt, Mrs. Loula ;
Jones, who has been a foster mother j
to them since the death of their own ;
mother when they were children. It is j
hoped that we may publish a worthy I
tribute to the good lady in our next
issue. »
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Despite the snow a goodly congre
gation, greeted Pastor Caudill at the
Baptist church Sunday and heard one
of the finest sermons, if not the best,
thiat brilliant young minister has de
livered here. Since being released
from college, the young man is grow- j
ig mervelously. Sunday’s was a.
Christmas sremon and Christmas
music was sung, Holy Night being,
rendered as a solo by Miss Louise
Petty. The services were unusual
ly enjoyable. *
Send in your renewals. They will j
be received as Christmas or new j
year’s presents. The editor now' j
knows the people of the county much j
better than during the earlier years j
r »f his work here and can make the
P per more and more interesting to
‘he county folk. Pastor Dailey acted
promptly upon the invitation to send
m renewals as birthday presents. He
rotes that he “has it on” the editor
by more than a year, being well past
bl. but with oodles of v 7 ork in him
yet. \\ hv, of course, such men are
at their very best. And Mr. O. B.
Mann was in just now to renew, and
be will be sixty in April. By the way,
be paid 51.85 and got those six addi
tional papers advertised in the Rec
ord. Better do the same. We lose
nothing and you get a remarkable
bargain.
Careful, folk; let’s not have the
Holidays marred by a fatal accident.
It will be especially unpleasant for
jthe victim. There is plenty of time
to get where you are going without
driving too fast or trying to pass folk
at curves or other dangerous points.
A s°, let’s have nobody killed with
unloaded guns or through being taken
or a wild turkev. We think too
much of the Chatham folk to like
’eeording the death of any of you.
congressman started home the j ;
p m- day and was in such a hurry j ,
•rat he would go by airplane. He
p’ r;ved as a corpse. Take it easy
';V ! a,, mve safe. • But discount the
>-ner fellow’s wisdom. All the fools
; not dead yet, and you do not
| . w when you are meeting one. Act
every man in a car were one of
*< m. lake nothing for granted.
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CARD OF THANKS
W e desire to express our appreci
p of the various acts of kindness
•>L‘ ;"- vm Pfthy shown us during the
at the death of our hus
father. Mrs. G. N. Mclver,
sniffy.
| Christmas Thought ij
J3y LUC ILlA— in Chicago Journal j )
S mantle, gleaming white and
Jewel starred, enfolds Earth ’s breast;
Countless mothers, rapt and radiant j
Lull their tender babes to rest:
l Envisage they the Christ Child in*
Each fair and flowerlihe face aglow t
For the babes who smiling slumber,
Holy lullabies echo,
Whose strains endure through the ages
For the new, unsullied souls .
Thus may the Christmas Spirit live. 9
As Time its endless sheaf unrolls,
William LGastoh
. r~T|HE big house on the hill was
Ig’ full of Christmas. In every
Vl| J a room festoons of greenery.
ffjk 1 poinsettias and holly wreaths
f IW*2SF? vie<i candles, bells and
ref tinsel to make more radiant
jpi|g|§ the festive Svene and in-
X'yy/pv crease the Cnristmas spirit.
There were two great cedar
trees in the hall, one on either side
of the mantel, and both were deco
rated and overburdened with a har
vest of Christmas cheer.
The last one of fifty expected boys
had just- arrived —fifty boys whose
ages ranged from nine to thirteen
years. They scarcely looked the
scions of wealth and ease. The trag
edy of struggle was deeply graven on
every countenance and greatly over
aged their appearance. They were
clothed in a nondescript array of long
worn garments, each article of which
had been divorced from a former suit
and handed down from a former own
er. Patches, tatters and rags covered
faded, oversized, buttonless shirts and
constituted their full dress for the
occasion. They were from the back
streets and alleys and from bedrooms
in woodsheds, warehouses and base
ments.
They were happy today. Each
looked around upon the resplendent
luxury with pop-eyed astonishment.
It was all unreal and new to them.
Down from the mantel behind trees
came candy and nuts, and it was all
for them. There was a pair of warm
mittens for each boy, a cap and a pair
of shoes with warm wool stockings
for each one. Santa Claus distributed
fifty new, crisp two-dollar bills, one
to each boy and everybody was happy
—happy for once.
A long table stretched through the
dining room and the library, white
covered and weighted down with n
dinner that looked like the flare of
heaven to the hungry boys. There
were twenty-five chairs on each side
of the table and one placed at the
head to be occupied by the young
hostess.
The young hostess v r as Miss Georgia
Cadwell, eighteen years of age. She
was the daughter of the late George
Cadwell and possessed to full meas
ure his generous spirit and keen alert
ness. Her father was horn on Christ
mas and two years ago he had died
on Christmas. One year ago she and
fl| L! Jill
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They Fell Upon the Greatest Dinner
They Had Ever Seen.
her mother had given a dinner like
this the same number of homeless
boys. Perhaps ten of those present
today tad been present a year ago.
Dinner was announced. A scram
ble for the chairs followed. Not
schooled in the ways of polite society
or held in check by super manners,
each boy secured a chair and but for
the clanging of a bell the grabbing
would have started. Miss Georgia
asked the boys to stand up for & mo
ment behind their chairs. When or
der was restored, she bowed her head
and in a clear ringing voice, said;
Dear Jesus, Thou wert once a hoy.
So come today and with us share
This feast of Christmas cheer and Joy;
And we shall more enjoy the fare.
‘Then the boys fell into their chairs
and about the same time fell upon the
THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO. N. C.
greatest dinner they had ever seen.
Bowls of steaming soup disappeared.
The waiters piled their plates with
turkey and cranberry jelly, hot buns,
brown gravy, roast meats, and any
kind of vegetable desired. This was
followed by courses of plum pudding,
mince pie, fruit cake and ice cream.
Mints and nuts, apples and oranges
climbed qut of the baskets and slipped
into grimy pockets for future refer
ence. Appetites began to slow up.
Stomachs never before guilty of over
inflation began to show distention and
assume rotundity. Expressions such
as, “Gee, I’m full” and “Golly, I wish
I could eat some more,” came with
real sincerity from the stuffed diners.
Miss Georgia arose and said, “Now,
hoys, if you will he quiet a moment I
have a story to tell you. I think that
perhaps ten of you were here a year
ago today and will remember the
story, but I will tell it again and hope
to tell it again and again on each re
turning Christmas for years to come.
“Up until two years ago when my
father died, I had never known any
thing but a happy Christmas. But it
was not so with my father. He was
often cold and hungry and Santa
Claus brought him no presents. He
never remembered his father and his
mother was very poor; and when she
died daddy had no home and no
friends to help him. He found a place
to sleep in the back shed of an old
warehouse and a kind old man gave
him a quilt and a blanket that were
little better than rags. He ran er
rands and did odd jobs for which he
got a few nickels and pennies.
“His name was George, but most
of those who knew him never heard
his name because he was generally
called ‘the alley kid.’ ‘The alley kid’
knew 7 that there was a Christmas for
most hoys and girls, but he had never
had one. The day he was ten years
old was Christmas. It was a cold day
and daddy had no presents and no
breakfast. Everything in the garbage
cans was frozen. He wandered about
in the cold and watched the happy
crowds go by, but they brought noth
ing for him. He was cold and hun
gry; sometimes tears came into his
eyes, but lie brushed them away lest
somebody should see them.
“In the afternoon a little girl came
down the street, carrying a basket of
little boxes filled with candy and nuts
for poor children in that section of
the city. She saw him and gave him
M He Was Generally Called the ‘A!le>
Kid.* ”
a box of candy. Childlike, she asked
him what he got for Christmas.
“*I didn’t get nothin’,’ replied the
shivering boy. T never had no Christ
mas.’
“ ‘Did you have a Christmas din
ner?’ asked the little girl.
“ ‘I ain’t had nothin’ today.’
** ‘You can come to my house and
my mamma will give you some dinner,’
and suiting action to the invitation,
she pulled at his arm and George fol
lowed her rather reluctantly into a
better part of the city and into a big
warm home. George was soon eating
the first Christmas dinner he had ever
had. The little girl’s papa talked
kindly to George and that night he
w T as given a bath, a new T lot of clothes,
and for the first time since he could
remember he slept in a dean, warm
bed.
“The rest of the story is soon told.
George never went hack to the old
alley to live or sleep. That little girl
was my mamma. Her papa gave
George a chance to work and let him
go to school. He grew to be a fine
boy. He was taught to tell the truth,
to be honest and industrious. He be
came a smart business man. On
Christmas day when lie was twenty
one years old there was a big w 7 edding
in the home where he had had his first
Christmas dinner and he was married
to the little girl. He worked hard
and was honest and every Christmas
he and my mamma used to carry a
basket of food and nice things to the
poor people in the part of the city
where daddy used to live. Daddy
worked until he got to be president
of,the big bank where he first began
to work. Before he died he told me
this story and said he wanted mamma
and me to help poor hoys who had no
homes to have a good Christmas. So
daddy was born on Christmas, found
his first friend on Christmas, ate his
first good dinner on Christmas, was ;
married on Christmas and died on ,
Christmas. When he had money of ;
his own he made a happy Christmas ■
for as many as he could.
“With each returning Christmas
mamma and I will do what we can to
carry out daddy’s plan to make a hap
py Christmas for homeless boys. We
want you boys to grow up to be hon- |
est men, to be successful in business
and in turn to make a happy Christ
mas for other poor boys. ,
“If nothing happens, there will be <
another dinner here next Christmas, <
and all of you are welcome to come •
again.”
((g), 1929, Westers Newspaper Union.)
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WA N T E D Ash
Blocks, eight inches
and up in diameter;
four feet long. Let me
know what you have.
W. L. Allen, Carbon
ton, N. C. tjanl
GET YOUR SHOES at E. J. Moore
& Company’s, Bynum.
READY FOR CHRISTMAS? Brooks
and Eubanks are with all sorts of
Confectioneries, such as nuts,
raisins, apples, oranges, and can
dies of most all kinds.
MlLK—Better milk—Aerator cool
ed, bottles sterilized. No more
complaints of sour milk. Let me
furnish you. Lexie Clark.
NICE FINE new salt at R. J. Moore
& Company’s, Bynum.
MR. MERCHANT, place your orders
for your Christmas candies with
NORBROOK CANDY COMPANY.
There you will get absolutely
FRESH and PURE CANDY to of
fer your customers.
PROFESSIONAL nurse. I am lo
cated in Pittsboro and offer my
services as a professional nurse to
the people of Chatham county.
Elsie Lucile Peterson. R. N„
WILLARD BATTERIES, Goodyear
Tires, and Southern Gas at R. J.
Moore & Company’s, Bynum.
LAYING MASH, cheap at Poe’s and
Moore’s—contains fish meal and
bone meal in right proportions.
Makes hens lay and helps in molt
ing time.
MEET SANTA —at Brooks and
Eubanks and help him select toys
for your children. They have a
nice assortment and the prices are
low.
CHICKEN FEED, sweet feeds, oats,
etc., wholesale or retail at lowest
prices at Poe and Moore’s, Pitts
boro.
NOTICE OF SERVICE
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Chatham County
vs.
W. G. Fields and Wife,
Mrs. W. G. Fields
Defendants
The above named defendants, ex
cept those personally served in this
action, and all other persons owning
or claiming an interest in the land
herein referred to, will take notice
that on the 3rd day of December,
1929, an action entitled as above
was commenced in the Superior
Court of Chatham County, for the
purpose of foreclosing tax liens for
the taxes due for the year 27 on the
following real estate:
75 acres in Hadley Township,
and 128 acres in Baldwin Town
ship, said County and State, be
ing listed to W. G. Fields for
1927.
That they are required to appear
and answer or demur to the com
plaint which has been filed at the
office of the Clerk of Superior Court
of Chatham County at Pittsboro,
North Carolina, within 30 days from
the 16th day of December, 1919, or
the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the com
plaint.
It is also ordered that all other
persons claiming an interest in the
subject matter of the said action shall
appear and present, set up and de
fend their respective claims in 6
months from the date of this notice,
or be forever barred and foreclosed
of any and all interest in or to the
said property or proceeds from the
sale thereof.
This 16th day of December, 1929.
E. B’. HATCH,
Clerk of Superior Court
(Till Jan, 9)
NOTICE OF SERVICE
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Chatham County
VS.
Nancy Marks, Edgar Marks and wife,
Mrs. Edgar Marks, and Oscar Marks,
Defendants
The above named defendants, ex
cept those personally served in this
action, and all other persons owning
or claiming an interest in the land
herein referred to, will take notice
that on the 27th day of November,
1929, an action entitled as above
was commenced in the Superior Court
of Chatham County for the purpose
of foreclosing tax liens for the taxes
due for the years 1927 on the fol
lowing real estate:
One lot in Cape Fear Town
ship, 4 acres in Oakland Town
ship, and 74 acres in Gulf Town
ship, said County and State, and
being listed to Nancy Marks for
the year 1927.
That they are required to appear
and answer or demur to the com
plaint which has been filed at the
office of the Clerk of Superior Court
of Chatham County at Pittsboro,
North Carolina, within 30 days from
the 16th day of December, 1929, or
the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the com
plaint.
It is also ordered that al other
persons claiming an interest in the
subject matter of the said action shall
appear and present, set up and de
fend their respective claims in six
months from the date of this notice,
or be forever barred and foreclosed
of any and all interest or claims in
or to the said property or proceeds
from the sale thereof .
This 16th day of December, 1929.
E. B. HATCH
Clerk of Superior Court 1
(Till Jan. 9)
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PITTSBORO, N. C.
WEDNESDAY
CHRISTMAS DAY
Moran and Mack, The Two Black Crows in
“WHY BRING THAT DP”
A PARAMOUNT AL TALKING PICTURE
Thursday and Friday, December 26 and 27
RICHARD DIX in
“LOVE DOCTOR”
and another Chapter of the Serial “King of the Jungle.”
SATURDAY, December 28
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3:30 P. M. to 10 P. M.
NAT CORDISH in
“PHANTON PINTO”
“Our Gang” Comedies run each night.
MONDAY and TUESDAY, Dec. 30 and 31 /
THE MASKED ANGEL
Also a METRO COMEDY
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, Jan. 1-2
THE DANCE OF LIFE
Also METRO ONE REEL ACT
FRIDAY and SATURDAY, Jan. 3 and 4
SAGE BUSH POLITICS
AN ALL-TALKING WESTERN
Our hot air circulating heating system has
been completed, the building will be warm
in the future.
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Shows, Daily 3:30 and 7:30 SAT., from 3:30 to 10
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