r ri i?snAY. MARCH 6. 1930.
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Hj r? Reid Thompson has been
ick this week. ,
Mj-s* Dr. Robinson-of' New Hope
township is Still far from well.
3l r * J. M. Gregory is up after
b ling‘ sick several weeks.
••Mr. T. K. Duncan is now a high
ly‘inspector for Louisiana, located
i ‘Campti. Mrs. Duncan will prob
ably jon him soon.
A' «
jjws Jennie Connell was home
from Raleigh for. the .week-end. . •;
* «Little Gallic Vick Farrell, daugh-,
Dr. and Mrs. R.‘ *M. Farrell,
m h/ en < l u ' te P^ eumon ia.
Tiiere seems to have been a con
querable number of caaes of that
|)V;ul disease in this section.
Three real winter days were pre
sented us by March. If they had
come three or four days earlier the
otvspeets for a fruit crop would
better. Those unusually warm
d*rs of last week advanced vegeta
t!®i very rapidly, and pear trees
blooming.
’The Parent-Teacher Association
jnoets at the Pittsboro school build
ing Friday evening.
.Some time each two yea'rs The
Record may look for a $3.00 check
for Mr. H. R. Paschal, one of the
Chatham boys down at Roxobel;
and it came last week.
Well, that granddaughter is up
liere with its mother for a -week,
an( j if Mrs. Peterson doesn’t show
it to everybody in town blame it
on the weather or her health.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Bass came
u p Saturday to visit home folk, but
hurried back Sunday afternoon.
They are out on the farm in
Wilson county.
Mr. H. R. Dickens is authorized
to receive new subscriptions and
collect for old ones. He lives at
Corinth in the southeastern part
of the county. Not being in close
touch with the people of that sec
tion our list is not what it should
be over there, and we hope that
many new names will be added.
A note from Elon College says:
Nval Womble, freshman here, bids
fair to be a good sprinter this year.
He has run the hundred yards dash
in 10.9 seconds, which is better
than the Little Six record. He has
endurance as well as speed, and
should give a good account of him
self in the State Little Six track
championship meet at Greensboro
btadium April 26. This note comes
from the coach at Elon.
Mrs. Eric Womble died Friday at
the :go of 27. Pneumonia was the
cause of death, The Record under
stands. She leaves, besides her hus
band, two little children. She was
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. 'S.
Woody. The burial was at Hickory
Mountain Baptist church, of which
church she had been a member for
several years. Much sympathy is
teit for Mr. Womble in his sore
bereavement.
A. J. Johnson of Baldwin town
ship returned from McPherson’s
hospital, Durham, Tuesday after five
weeks treatment for head trouble.
He in Pittsboro bright and
early Wednesday morning.
.Messrs. L. B. and J. W. Riddle
1 Garysburg visited their brohter,
■\- ex Riddle here Sunday. Mr. and
Mrs. Riddle had as guests the same
(i j>y. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lawrence
of Raleigh. It is gratifying to re- J
Port that Mr. Biddle, who recently
underwent so severe an operation,
H fast recovering his health.
,Vv e do not expect to urge a
subscriber these hard times
10 pay us money that he needs
j’-orse than we do. On the other
band, vve want our subscribers to
a* equally generous with us and
■consider whether they can spare us
the cash. Whoever pays out $2600
a year for the publication of the
|j! a j^ r and pays several hundred
Jflonars a year on' the' fire 'debts
T ‘[ ve * on the \ balance received
>' The Record these hard years
way be understood as needing ev
* V dollar that the - subscribers
fPare. It is a WOpder ho%.jy«
but we' have .done -■ that very.
s,n e, and have not'suffered. /.But
J "aven’t .had such an income as
w>!* °* our Public paid folk
itnout a hit of worry as to where
eir . money is from>vrfWld
- e - > T ou that Inhere is*, not .aone
bJndrqji of them that can do
u. we done, while we bet
, do wha t any .of 75 out of a,
aie 4 of them ate doing. *
developments in coal
field are predicted
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; following ’paragraph from
is -^ Rlnrd Etfpresa of last week
of important develop
,'c ' ln F)eep River* Coal fi'eld
b-» i a ii ln ? machines and a num
.'''f ex P t -i't mining engineers are
in * the Deep. River
Co, ie ' d around Cumnock and
f,.*' '*‘ c ‘ n making tests and surveys
w a • They will probably * soon
, w °rl ( l know what th'ey have
in in w ay of coal deposits
°»dy coal region in North
wiv '-L na * People in this section
V aVe always, had .faith in ulti
>ne‘V: ‘. see iog a" big* 'coal develop
co n Fee, Moore and Chatham
1 fe %, aWa h the result with in
le Express expects to have
3fabo i'': J: 0 g * ve readers soon
P l coa * near Sanford.
- - he consummated it means
COURT ADJOURNS
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No More Court This Week Because
of Death of Attorney Ray
Only two cases were tried in the
court which convened Monday for
the trial of civil cases. Monday
was largely taken up with a case
against Mr. J. M. Gregory and . a
former partner for the price of a
pump bought while Mr. Gregory
was building a road in Warreln
county. The understanding was tnit
the pump should be tried out
if not satisfactory should be up
turned. The defendants claimed
that it was not satisfactory, Imt
it was shown that they were tajjdy
in expressing dissatisfaction, aqd
moreover, they did not promptly re
turn-'the pump. The jury took the
view that under those circumstance’s
the pump should bie paid for and
judgment was entered in favor df
the plalntiffff, a Richmond,
fifm.
1 After that case was finished the i
court took up the suit of Mr. «fc
~M. Hammock ?of Pittsboro again&f
Register of Deeds C. C. Poe
selling license for the marriage j>f
his under-aged daughter a year oi.
so ago. The register of deeds wofij
as he had the backing of the oalq
of the purchaser -of the license.
Mr. A. C. Ray, along with
P. Horton, was representing the
register of deeds. The case w;ls
not finished Monday afternoon, ai a
when court convened Tuesday
ing, Mr. Ray was dead, having bee#
killed the night before as told elsp-;
where in this paper. However, the;
case was completed.
The county bar then
and passed .resolutions of respect i
to the memory of their deceased
member, which resolutions
are found in this paper.
As Mr. Ray was counsel in a
number of the cases on the docket
and as the court was greatly griev
ed at the death of Attorney Ray,
the session adjourned, with the ex
pectation that the work could be
done in the next week of court,
w'hich is set for Monday w’eek.
Judge Barnhill was here this
w r eek, he having exchanged courts j
with Judge Small, w r ho was regu
larly assigned to this district for <
the first half of 1930. Miss Speight i
was on hand as stenographer. 1
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NEWS
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Ash Wednesday, March sth, ,
marks the beginning of the peni
tential season season know r n as
Lent; which is observed by Episco
palians, Lutherans and Roman Cath
olics. It is also observed more
and more by other protestant
churches, by special days of prayer
and meditation. The forty days of
prayer and fasting, observed by ,
our Lord, was observed by the
Israelites from earliest days. j
i In Pittsboro weekly services will (
be made in the Episcopal church -
every Tuesday-and every Friday at *
4 o’clock. Until Easter, which j
conies on April 20. Members of ,
other churches are invited. The ,
Life of Christ will be the subject '
at all these services..
On the‘third Sunday, March 16 th, (
Bishop Cheshire will preach in
Pittsboro St. Bartholomews at 11
o’clock; and at St. James at J
o’clock. The community is invited.
Bishop Penick will preach in San- '
ford on the 4th Sunday, March
23rd, at 8 p. m. By special in
vitation this probably be :
in the Sanford Baptist church.
The Sanford and Pittsboro
church officers have inaugurated a
plan of meeting together once a
month. This nronth the meeting is
scheduled for Sanford on March
4th. It is both a business and a
social meeting.
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THE ELECTION IN CHATHAM
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
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The following interesting data
and comment were sent the Record!
by Hon. Walter D. Siler, who has
a knack at finding such things.
The names are truly Chatham «
names. It should be born in mind
that Chatham at that time had two
members of the House of Repre
sentatives. Hence the double num
ber of votes for that office. Here
is what Mr. Siler says:
Though our ancestors of, one
hundred years ago knew] nothing
of thelegakzed primary, the Aus
tralian ballot, Woman suffrage, the
18th amendment and let us hope
were not. agitated, ,©vsi<„*£ax .red.uc--
some‘Thai 'c < omlß9&. * _ ,
mi At the melton ♦ofMfrsSO 1 , •
*fre-wofei - .-in ‘ fol^ 1
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mo tii- • i -V ? 5
••Members 1 of House of Commons;
N. G. Smith, 908; J. J. Brooks, 855,
A. K. Ramsey, .693; J. S.Quthri^ v
' Sheriff: Horace
Win. Petty, 426; Henry Bttif, Ttb.
The reader probably finds tne
name of an old kinsman\in the list
of candidates.
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ANOTHER CANDIDATE
' Since the article on-‘ county- ■poli
tics was written, Mr. Wade. Siler
of Siler Citv has . announced ‘ him
self a candidate • for register of
dee'di. ThiS -is really interesting. It
means a real fight if the present
register decides to run again. . Mr:
Siler is one of the best known men
in ..the county, and would doubtless
\ have a particularly strong lollow
l ing in the western part of the
l county. His name had not v been
- heard previously, in connection with
• the position of register of deeds,
i but he had been spoken of as a
- possible candidate for- sheriff, ihe
; prospect Wednesday morning is for
l the retirement of Mr. Poe and Posj
. sibly Sheriff Blair and a new deal.
5 Then you may look for a string of
THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO. N. C.
RESOLUTIONS OF CHATHAM
COUNTY BAR
North Carolina, Chatham Coun
ty, in the Superior Court, first
March term, 1930.
At a meeting of the Bar Associ
ation of Chatham County held in
open court with his honor, M. V.
Barnhill* Ji*dge presiding, with the
following members of the bar pres
ent, W&de : Barber, M. P. Horton,
V. .R. Jdhnson, R. H. Dixon and
David L. Bell, the following reso
lution was 'introduced by David L.
Bell, setonded by W. P. Horton:
Whereas, Honorable A. C. Ray,
|who has been a practicing attorney
lat the Bat of Chatham* cohinty for
approximately 20' years,* who has
served afc* b representative of Chat
ham county* in the General Assem
bly ' of’ North Carolina for two
terms and who has served as mayor
of the Town of Pittsboro, had the
misfortune to be killed in a very
tragic manner on the night of
March third, nineteen' hundred and
thirty ; * '
' And Whereas, the death pf Mr.
Ray is deeply regretted by all the
members of the Chatham Bar::
; ’ Now, therefore, be it resolved by
th#- BP 1 lAfsociatVon of - ClihtHalVf
CWmty: ,
~' Rirst: That the members of the
Bbr of Chatham County do extend
their most sincere sympathy to the
members of the family of Mr. A.
C*i Ray at this time:
That a copy of this resolution be
Sent to the members of the family
of Mr. A. C. Ray; that a copy be
sprjead upon the minutes of the
Superior Court .of Chatham Coun
ty; and that a copy be published
in the Chatham Record and in the
Chatham News.
DAVID L. BELL
WADE BARBER
V. R. JOHNSON ... .
R. H. DIXON, Jr.
W. P. HORTON
L. P. DIXON
R. F. PASCHAL
F. L. PASCHAL
J. L. MOODY
J. B. WHITLEY
R. H. DIXON, Sr.
The above resolution was unani
mously adopted:
The following officers of the
court gave expressions of regret in
the loss of one of its members:
G. W. Blair, C. C. Poe and E. B.
Hatch.
As a further expression of re
gret and in respect to the memory
of A. C. Ray, the court stands
adjourned for the term.
M. V. v BARNHILL,
Judge Presiding.
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MRS. WIGGINS SHOT FROM
TRUCK, CLAIMS DEFENSE
The trial of Horace Wheelus,
Troy Jones, Lowery Davis, Fred
Morrow and O. H. Lunsford, the
five Gaston county men under in
dictment for the murder of Ella
May Wiggins last September in an
auto smash-up and shooting affray
at Bessemer City September' 14,
went into its third week at Char
lotte Monday. The court had re
cessed last Thursday until Monday
morning on account of one of the
defendants having mumps.
The State rested its case Monday
afternoon and the defense began
offering evidence. The State had
contended that Horace W heelus
fired the fatal shot from the road
into the truck on which Mrs. Wig
gins and a number of other textile
workers were returning to Bessemer
City from Gastonia. The defense
offers evidence to show that the
fatal shot came from within the
truck, and was fired by one of
Mrs. Wiggins associates who was
apparently shooting at the passen
gers in a car following them.
When the State rested its case
Plummer Stewart of counsel for
defense moved a non-suit as to all
defendants except Wheelus, but
Judge Clements denied the motion.
It is expected that the. case will
require all of this week and it may
run over into next week.
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STONE QUARRYING
IN LEE COUNTY
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The Sanford Express says:
The machinery for a complete
sawing outfit is now being hauled
fyom the railroad cars at this place
to the Kennedy stone quarry near
Sanford and will be installed, atid
put in operation Within the next
few weeks. It is planned to quarry,
dress and ship stone on a large
scale. • The j . planrtc +wilb ’he * -operated
hyeiectrie • pqyyegu The *U**<*hnaf
, Rower . and TJftWj
installing,a,lip*;
with the quarry. . , ■
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HOOVER AT KINGS MTN.
4* irf’-UL V i-.- tv r >
ri> teft&HVebr
r»cceptde >the ■ •i'riY’ttatien " ; *th®*He -Yn:
charge to deliver the princpal ad
dress atv the *!?]£-
iTratibh' .in, Oc.fpb.gr."" Arrangements
are ibeing''made■■ ;Wlith the Southern
railroad to run a special train to
carry the .presidential party from
Washington to Kings Mountain. ,
SAY IT WITH SONGS
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Al Jolson, characterized as the
greatest entertainer in the world,
will be at the Pilot Theatre, Pitts-
next Monday and Tuesday
nights, in the famous play, “Say It
With Songs!” This 'is considered
by the management of the Pilot as
one of the greatest pictures they
have presented since the opening
of the theatre. Usual price for
tickets, 40 cents for adults, and 15
cents for children. I
'i JHARD TO UNDERSTAND
She came into the police station
with a picture in her hand.
“My husband has disappeared,”
she sobbed. “Here is his picture.
I want you to find him.”
Thg inspector looked up from the
photograph. “Why?” he asked.—
MERRY OAK NEWS
Mbs. C. C. Wheeler has returned
home after an extended visit to her
sister, Mrs. Frank Hammer, at
Altavista, Va.
Rev. T. Y. Seymour filled his
regular appointment at the Baptist
church here* Sqnday afternoon.
Mr. Edward Kendrick of the
University spent the week-end here
with his parents.
Miss Thelma and Trena Auman,
teachers in 'Asheley Height school,
spent last Saturday in town visit
ing friends.' Miss Thelma taught
school here two years ago. “
Mr. and Mrs. S. Jordan of Dur
ham visited Mr. E. Jordan Sunday.'
We wish to remind the* members
of Christian Chapel church that we
will meet next Sunday morning at
10 -o’clock to re-organize the Sun
day school.: We are sorry the bad
roads prevented our having Sunday
school during January- and Febru
ary.
The farmers have been busy the
last two weeks. It seemed that
winter was gone. I guess they
think differently since March has
arrived.
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE, BUT
KILLS NEIGHBOR GIRLi
F4ifh Brown of Newark. N.-
J., died Sunday as result of a rifle
snot mfucteu that morning wane
she slept in bed. Carl Weinani
cousin of the dead girl and nextl
door neighbor, tried to shoot him-?
self. He was too drunk and
shot w<ent wild, killing the girl in s
bed. Weinan did not know about
her death for several hours when,
someone woke him out of a drunk
en sleep to tell him what he had
done.
EARTHQUAKE IN CALIF.
Earthquake shocks in the Im
perial Valley section of California
Saturday and- Sunday caused con
siderable excitement but compara
tively light damage. Estimates of
damage in Brawley, center of the
disturbance, run as high as $75,-
000. Automobiles bounced about
like rubber balls, and masonry
cracked, according to press dis
patches.
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GOVERNOR GARDNER IN
VIRGINIA FARM PAPER
The Southern Planter, published
at Richmond, Va., and claiming title
as the oldest farm paper in Amer
ica, makes an article by Governor
Gardner the feature of its current
issue. In the leading editorial the
paper directs attention to the arti
cle which is an exposition of the
governor’s “Live-at-Home” program.
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Walter F. Christenson jumped
into Lake Michigan to end his life,
but the water was •so cold that he
called for help and was rescued.
5 SUE ECS A \
§ By M IM I •
What About Flirting?
GLADYS demands to know rather
indignantly, I think, why flirting
is wicked. She and Bob have been
engaged fer some little time. So have
Flo and Jack. The two young couples
see a lot of each other, and just re
cently Gladys has begun a mild flirta
tion with her girl friend’s fiance.
Just a harmless little thing you
know—no offense intended, and Bob
is simply raising the roof about it.
And Flo hardly speaks to Gladys un
less she has to.
Gladys thinks the whole tiling is so
narrow-minded and small town. She \
herself has never been in the least
like that. For instance it wouldn’t
bother her a bit to find Boh and Flo
holding hands under rlie table, or gaz
ing, into each other's eyes of a sum
mer evening. She’d know perfectly
welt that' they were just flirting to
- pass time; and she'd laugh it off.
iiut they won’t let her go on hold
ing hands witli Jack. They think it’s
indecent, and dangerous. Those are
the very Rob used about tiie
ridiculous' business. .
Well, bo. I wouldn’t gb «o far ns to
say' It was indecent. Half the young
married couples and youug engaged
, .paii* of the., pts£eojb genera tloo '
this. (ftxcimqge-flir/at.iop business.
! y’ I-.lHti, iwith, your you
clan flirt\yfit q mine ; f**r that
\SSrt oY Tt seems to put more
■%e’p iMtb flie fiarty if one is permitted
fb hold hands -with .some one else’s
If’if.frtS business’Were just a
-shilling-tapes* ahtt laughing
lips, and promises half-uttered, and
r ’fianJfs^ntouchiiig« lightly —well, that
would he that, and who could say a
word against it?
. But oh, dear. It’s apt to get so aw
fully complicated, Gladys’ smiling
lips and laughing eyes upraised to
Jack’s under a summer moon may un
balance hint a bit—start him thinking
that perhaps after all Flo isn’t the
only 'girl in the world.
When a girl is firmly tied to a man.
and has been so for some time, it’s
too easy for her to flirt with some one
else—and it’s too easy for her to be
come convinced that the some one
<<lse is more attractive. Flirtation un
der circumstances is very apt
to lead to a new engagement. That’s
wjiy modern girls are always get
ting engaged. That’s why we so very
offen'.end up hv taking .what’s.left —f»
very poor substitute for the nice boy
we started with. 1
Flirt all you want to while you’re
still unattached, but remember that
you may do.yourself a lot of harm by
flirting with' another while you’re all
I. C. C. ORDERS RATES i
RAISED ON N. C. ROADS
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The interstate - commerce commis
sion handed down a decision Mon
day which in effects means that
railroads doing business-. entirely
within the "State of North Carolina
must raise their freight * rates' to
correspond with interstate rates'for
merly approved ; ,by .the. commission.j
The decision came as the finaLword ;
in the action parted jfiyp yegg*s.ago
by the corporation
Virginia ‘lafe&lnsfc''*the Aberdeen
Roekfishr £ncF etft'lr ft m&ans;
thab -North ' ♦Carolina?*' #fll }
have- to -paty -upwards ll of 4 a "milfrfoh f
dollars more in freight.' * j
to .Ihe * phraseology of- the 'deersiort j
this ,cas2 will wise’’affect*- the |
bigger.,, ease -involving
rates which..if . now pending before
the commission. ..
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE^
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" -Under and* by virttie of* the power
of sale- , contained* in ' that " certain |
deed of * trust,* dated' November 1,1
1925, and executed "to the’' Under
signed . by., Y. -Riggsbee. which j
appears of record -4n the-- Registry ,
of. * Cfothaip^..County in- Rook GN,
, page 39,^defap f lt, having been ..made
in the payment, of the -indebtedness
therein" secured and demand
ing be’eh' made upon the under- '
IsigWed * trustee will blfer for sale,
to r the -highesf 'bidder,, for 'cash, s on
SATURDAY, THE. 29th DAY OF.
. V MARCH, 1930*
at twelve' ‘ o’clock noon, in front
of the courthouse door in Pitts
boro, North Carolina all the prop
erty conveyed in the said deed of
trust and which .is described as
follows:
Lying and being in Williams
Township and,
FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING at
a stake on the Raleigh Road, G. W.
Riggsbee corner, south 6 degrees
east 45 chains and 50 links in
A. J. Riggsbee line, east 15 chains
and 50 links to a white oak, Sid
Herndon’s corner, north 5 chains
to a dogwood; thence east 6 chains
and 40 links to pointers north 6
degrees west 15 chains and 50 links
to Edwards Spring branch; thence
up said branch to another branch;
thence up the left hand prong to
another branch; thence up the right
hand prong; thence up the left hand
prong to the old line on said
branch; thence west 17 chains and
50 links to a white oak, J. S. Riggs
bee corner; thence north 9 chains
and 75 links to the first station
containing 84 acres, more or less,
and being known as the home place
of J. S. Riggsbee, and being land
conveyed by G. O. Riggsbee to J. S.
Riggsbee by deed on record in Book
FB, page 42, in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Chatham
County, North Carolina.
SECOND TRACT: Lying and be
ing on the waters of Bush Creek,
in Chatham County, bounded on
the west nad south by the lands
of G. O. Riggsbee on the east by
the lands of Alvis J. Roberson and
on the north by the lands of and
containing 44 acres, more or less,
and being the lands conveyed to
J. S. Riggsbee by G. O. Riggsbee
and wife, January 25, 1875, re
corded in Book BO of -deeds page
346 in the of the Register
of Deeds, Chatham County, for fur
ther description see deed from W.
J. Brogden, Com.
This the 25th dav of February,
1930.
WADE BARBER ( Trustee,
mchfi' 13 20 /27
Pilot Theatre
PITTSBORO, N. C.
Wednesday and Thursday, March 5*6 . r
"PLEASURE CRAZED” [
A THRILLING ALL TALKING PICTURE WITiT
Marguerite Churchill," Kenneth McKenna,
and Dorthy Burgess
' Alto a Fox Talking Comedy and Sound News' :
FRIDAY and SATURDAY*: >f«rch 74
“THE FIGHTING. XID”“. 7 t. r
(SILENT)*. . ... V *
Another Chapter of the “VANISHING MILLIONS.*’
Pathe Talking Comedy, “WHAT A DAY” 4 F>
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MONDAY and TUESDAY, March 10-11 :
The greatest entertainer in the "world ~ w<
:r * AL JOLSON
,I SAY IT WITH SONGS” 7
A Warner Bros, all talking and singing picture.
/ DON’T MISS THIS '
Wednesday and Thursday, March 12-13
' Presents r
Edmund Lowe and Constance Bennett
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* ‘‘THIS THING CALLED LOVE”
AJI- Music,. Ail Sound, All Dialogue.
>. r s A Fox Talking Comedy
Shows Daily: 7:00 and 8:30; Saturdays 3:30 to 10:00
Admission,. Whites 15c and 40c; Colored 10c and 30c
- ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW
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DID YOU EVER
STOP TO THINK?
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By EDSON R. WAITE ’
ShaWaee, Oklahoma
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* -The**ywito*r--ito Dallas,' Texar r is
impressed first-of jtll» v ancl pntapp
most strongly, * the : twuwfi
cleanliness of the city. ~ I|
amid its rich and verdant s&rrraxiak
ihgsf* ISsr *as k" weH ’ feepte
.dountHh * That MTl&iHws® ifar
[; factories ni&'hlgg&fed* With' aft MfMt
ant supply - of*’natural gas mw
1 chimrteysrtare mostly smofihlesg.Htefc»
ron.'va- recent ► visit*.tornthis :
■ southwestern* I received .*am
' ,othut;i> salient *„ impression,.• JE > aataa
■wl|4t a. jgreaL.npwspapei; can do for
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Dallas not. much pi a-vmetear
pplis ' forty-fi%e* ago; A .pretty
good , towji for % ip <be
sure, bus southwestern . then
were* pi*etty r yburig,' and Dallas ' was
fpretty'-ifrtlrim like' tHe' re^t 1 of*them:
•' In 1 ’ early’ l ’BtFs’ If* m'ovgfiiefit
I began, 'looking to’-'The *
, News, established • in *lß42ttapiicat
ing itself. iu' Dalkts 1 , a distance- I>£
315 miles. The project was wo
summated , on,. October U.- JSSA. 'lt
I was . the time anything ,of the
kind had been ip
dom, a unique venture iii joupral
ism. As ’it wps" heralded all
over the country. Th'e fact in
pnd the further fact that'
veston News had chosen Dallas ad
its place of duplication, gave th&t
city a wonderful lot of fine
tising. Likewise,, it' -threw life- -and:
ambition into the Dallas of that
city, with its population of, per
haps, 25,000.
The advent of The News on Oc
tober 1 was followed on December
1 by the absorption of the eld
newspaper of the town, The Dallas
Herald, started in 1849. The old
paper sold out, lock, stock and bar
rel, to The News, and quit busi
ness. The following year the State
Fair of Texas started. The advent
of The News brought numbers of
other institutions and prominent
and influential individuals to Dallas
and north Texas.
'The News, coming to Dallas,
therefore, and printing for the past
forty-five years one of the best
and most progressive newspapers ofT
the country, has had a very marked
effect on the development of the
chief commercial city of* Texas. One
of its leading citizens, dating back
to 1874, J. T. Trezvant, head of
one of the largest general fire in
surance agencies in the worlds
sometime ago made this remark;
“Dallas has always been the fi
nancial center of Texas, and the
three principal organizations which
might be given individual credit for
working to upbuild the city are, in
the order named, The Dallas News,
the state fair and the federal re
serve bank.”
THE JURY GRUNTED
A young lawyer, pleading his
first case, had been retained by at
farmer to prosecute a claim against
a railroad for killing twenty-four
hogs. He wanted to impress the
jury with the magnitude of the
damage.
“Twenty-four hogs, gentlemen,
twenty-four—-twice the number of
you there in the jury box.”—Loy
ola Ho-Hum.
—
First prize in a fiddling contest
has been won by “Uncle Billy”
Smith reputed to be 112 years old,
in Camden, N. J.
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