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A Paper with a Prestige of a Half Century. A County, Not a Com munity Paper ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER jl», -i»VB. Nine Draw 49 to 61 Years in Pen Short Term of Court But Penalties Range High —Robbery, Forg ery, and Murder Send Nine to State’s Prison With only the felony cases, and u f eW misdemeanor cases not tried ]7- the county court, composing: the docket for last week’s term .of su ' rior court,, the natural result was higher average penalty than that sensed before the establishment • the recorder’s court. But Judge ■ n found himself confronted with :inusual number of men charged • serious felonies. In fact, the ; six months had seen a. revival criminal undertakings by people the colored race. For several v s. the great majority of the ac -7 -were whites, but hard times 1 n to have spurred the criminally -posed colored folk into action. A 1 the January term a bunch of negroes was sent to the penitentiary stealing sugar, and at last week’s ta'm a similar bunch was sent for the robbery, of Lonnie Knight. The total minimum number of years in nine sentences to state prison last w -ek is 49. and- the maximum num ber 61, making an average of five and a half to nearly seven years eac h. Only two of the nine drawing penitentiary terms were white. In addition to the penalties ad ministered to- the six negroes in volved in the Knight robbery, Troy Brooks, a fifteen year old boy drew a term of seven to. nine- years lor the killing of Cly<U Peoples at a basket party at 'Wesley yhapel, a colored church, last January, Waymand Ritter, whose diligence in forgery was reported last week, got two years for his admitted too free u>e of other people’s names. And Ed Dorset!, another whose dare deviltry was reported in last week’s Record, got five to seven years foi robbing his bachelor host, as de scribed in the aforementioned arti cle. It is rather strange that just before every term of court a num ber of criminals seems to be flushed and secure immediate punishment. The three days previous to the be ginnina: of last week’s term saw six brought in for crime from the Siler City section. Ritter and Dorsett were two of them, and they got their medicine in short order. Har rison Brown, Charlie Maness, Claud Brown, and Floyd Langley, \\ho were charged with beating Mr. Joe Frazier, night watchman at the Chatham Sash and Blind factory, were not tried, as Mr. Frazier had not sufficiently recovered from the brutal attack to attend court. But true bills were found against them and the judge ordered them held to give bond that the condition ot! ten days longer without opportunity their victim might be noted. If Mr. Frazier recovers, these four may get ■out of jail for the present on bond, if they can find any one to make bond for them, which would seem a little doubtful. Failure to give bonds means a long wait for them in jail and an expensive board bill for the county. Another of the fellow's who was accommodating enough to be caug t right on the eve of court was Kemp Strickland, a Durham man, who had been captured w T ith a quantity ot liquor over in the Corinth section and whose arrest uncovered the shame of a Durham young woman who had been passed off by Strick land several times in Chatham as "his wife. She was arrested with him and also hailed to court. However, her parents were permitted to take her home after her paramour had been ordered to the roads for two years. But she had awakened to the plight in which her behavior had got her and insisted upon marrying Strickland that she might “save her credit,” to use her own words, out her parents seemed to have, little desire for the marriage, and it was rather late in the day for the soiled girl to undertake to save her credit* But it was pitiable to see the dis graced parents and the soiled young woman discussing her serious plight. Teai-s ran down the girl’s cheeks as she insisted upon marrying the fel low that had brought her to her serious plight, even though he should be taken immediately to the roads. It is a pity that hundreds of girls who feel it smart to trick 'their parents and who think they know' more than all their advisers could not see and hear the young woman as she realized what her waywardness had brought upon her self, even if she did not consider the grief of the parents at all. F. W. Miller was taxed with costs for giving a bad check. Phil Thomp son, a half witted colored boy, goes to the roads tw'o years for cruelty to a mule. It w’as the intention to close court on Wednesday evening, but a few cases were left over which it seemed ■important to dispose of at this term The Chatham Record I Dr. Clarke Going to Stetson University The following clippin from the j Biblical Recorder should interest many friends of Dr. R. E. Clarke: I Dr. R. E. Clarke closed his work as pastor of Cheraw Baptist church on April 6th. During the summer 1 he intends to do special work in the University of North Carolina prep aratory to assuming his duties this fall as librarian and professor in the John B. Stetson University, De land, Florida. He will be open for supply work from now until the first of September. His . address during the summer will be Route 1, Pitts boro, N. C., which is just fourteen miles from Chapel Hill. During Mr. Clarke’s pastorate at Cheraw the old ffarfie structure was torn down and a modern church and Sunday school fully equipped for standard depart mental work was erected. The Sun day' school has beeii graded and ac tive B. Y. P. U. and W. M. U. organizations have been effected. — Hall About Ready For Business Since the sale of his mercantile business by Mr. C. C. Hall, that gentleman has ben working upon the development of a line of hosiery to be labeled with his name. Fie has samples of all his line now on display’in the Fields building and is about ready to begin placing stock With the merchants of this section. Mr. 'Hall has contracted with a number of manufacturers for specialties of hosiery in the gray, or just as they Come from the knit ting machines'; and has arranged for their finishing in" the colors he de sires. The result' is one of the very completest -lines of hosiery on the market, 4 -and it will be' a strictly “Hall Hosiery” proposition,- — * Ffe hopes to' place them with many merchants right here in the County arid have one big opening day, following ’ a big display adver tisement in th’e Qhatharri Record. Mr. Hall’s plan looks good for both himself and his merchant customers. Watch this paper for the opening sale in leading stores of the county. *************** * * Antioch News * * * ************** * Mrs. Martha Oldham and two children of Bynum are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Oldham. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Beal spent a while Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Dowdy. Mrs. Etta Fisher spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mi's. J. D. Willet near Goldston. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Wheeling of Durham spent the week-end with Mrs. Wheeling’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Dowdy. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pilkington of Durham spent the week-end with I home folks. Mr. Eugene Burke of Siler City spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Burke. Miss Hallie Dowdy has returned home after spending two weeks at Durham with her sister, Mrs. Cooper Wheeling. * Mrs. W. R. Oldham has returned home after spending last week in this community. Mr. G. B. Hart who has been sick for a while is much improved we are glad to state. Mrs.- Alice Dorsett is spending a while with her daughter, Mrs. Stanl ey Williams near Bynum. _ <s> NEWS ITEMS E. M. Phillips, of Rt. 1, is seri ously ill, we are sorry to state, but we wish him an imjpedia***JCecov- B attended the Fay etteville District Conference at Roseboro last Tuesday and Wed nesday. . Miss Marion Emerson spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. E. F. Moore, of Siler City. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Webster, of Thomasville, were Sunday visitors in the home of G. B. Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Beal and daughter, Frances, accompanied by Mrs. I. M. Gilmore and daughter, Elizabeth, of Pittsboro, Rt. 3, at tended the annual Memorial Service at New Elam Christian church last S^turdsy* Miss Ruby Norwood, of Greens boro, is spending a while with her mother, Mrs. W. F. Norwood. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coggins and family, of Hallison, and Mrs. Am bros Smith of Harper’s Cross Roads i were Sunday visitors at W. A. • Coggins. . •. . . > I. P. Coggins had the misfortune . to fall last week and was painfully . but not seriously hurt. He got his feet entangled in a calf chain and . the calf threw him down, but he ! is improving nicely, we are glad 5 to say. 7 and a morning session was held Thursday, in which Gaston Alston t was acquitted of a charge of as r j sault with a deadly weapon. Cases II against Thomas Adams and Stiff i Williams were nol prossed. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1930 Aeroplane Forced Down in Hickory Mountain Recently —<s — denizens of Hickory Moun tain have had the opportunity of their lives to see an aeroplane. One driven by. Wilton Boney, a Clinton boy, and a relative of the editor of this paper, decided that it would visit a while in Chatham Monday, and deliberately quit • business. Young Boney, who has had his aeroplane license only a few months, ’ successfully brought the air mon ster down in a little hillside field near Ben Dorsett’s, a mile or so south of Kimbalton, however, not without injury to the plane, as one of • the wing tips was broken off during ■ the tr-un upon the uneven terrain of the landing place. Boney was accompanied by George Thompson, of Goldsboro'," a youth who has not yet become a licensed flier. When seen in Siler City shortly after; the forced landing neither of the young men was the least bit excited, landing unexpect edly in a rough country being ap parently taken as a part of the ■ day’s work. However, they were wondering how they were to get the plane out of the field. It was near a neighborhood road, but the road is too narrow for the pass age of the plane, else it would have been feasible to push it to the highway. A mechanic had been summoned from Raleigh, and prob ably some way will have been found to get the machine into the air by the time thisrthas been read. The plane, was making its way from Raleigh-to Rock Hill, S. C., where young Boney has flying headquarters. It passed from Merry Oaks south of Pittsboro. Report of Grand .JF Jury May Term The following is Fhe report of the grand jury last week; To his Honor, C, C, Lyon, judge presiding: .We the grand jury, of Chatham County, serving in May term of court, Wish to submit the following report: We passed on all bills brought, before us with the exception of tvvo failing to act on said two for lack, of witnesses. We visited all the offifices in the Court House, found them neatly kept and the officers discharging their duties in an efficient manner. We visited the jail which we found neatly kept, prisoners well and properly kept. We found 14 prisoners in jail, 7 white and 7 negroes. We visited the county home which seems to be a real home in the truest sense. We found 18 white and 14 colored inmates, all well cared for. We found the following property at the county home: 150 grown chickens, 100 small chickens, 30 barrels of corn, 10 hogs for fall killing, 1 brood sow, 10 acres of wheat which should pro duce FSO bushels, 20 acres planted in corn, 100 bundles of fodder, 2 tons soy bean hay, 2 mules, 2 milch cows, and 750 pounds of meat. A. T. Ward, road supervisor, ap peared before the grand jury and stated that he is buying _ all road supplies, namely: Gasoline, oils, nails, tools and truck supplies at a substantial saving to the tax payers of the county and maintaining the roads of over 1200 miles at less cash per mile than in any adjoin ing counties. So far as we, the grand jury, can ascertain we find that the county commissioners are spending the county’s money in an economical manner. We recommend that: The county privy near the jail be torn down at once and a sanitary toilet be erected convenient to the court house. We wish to thank Judge C. C. Lyon, Solicitor Clawson L. Williams and all county officers for courtesies extended this body during this term. Respectfully submitted, T. H. HEARNE, Foreman of Grand Jury. Geo. H. Brooks, Sr., Sec. $ THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE THINKING (From The Monroe Journal) “I wonder,” observes a writer in the Pageland Journal, “what North Carolina, Virginia and other South , ern States that voted for Hoover ■ and hard times are thinking these days.” Well, sir, we are not think [ ing much; thought we were think . ing when we did it, but found we . were just following the biggest noise. Not even trying to think now, between dodging the tax col , lector and rustling for a square r meal now and then. e I BURKE IN RACE ; —♦ — j Friends of Mr. J. W. Burke ot Gibsonville will be interested to . learn that this former good citizen 1 of Chatham is in the race for com i missioner of Guilford county. Mr. - Burke is one of the most promi -3 nent merchants of Gibsonville and F a citizen held in very high esteem by the people of Guilford. Washington Paper Praises E. W. Pou The following article from the Washington Times should interest many friends of Congressman Pou: THIRTY YEARS *IN THE HOUSE March 4, next, Edward W. Pou will have completed thirty years as a member of the house from the fourth North Carolina district. There was no opposition tq him for the Democratic nomination to repre sent that district for thirty-two years. He defeated his Republican opponent by 14,834 votes' in No vember, 1928. His re-election is as sured. Washington people always take interest in the coming and going of statesmen. That is natural, be cause Congress is our city council, all senators and representatives tak ing part in and voting upon our local affairs. Mr. Pou’s congressional record is exceptionally long and most honor able. He is as beloved here as he is in his own district, where all men and women have faith in him. . Though the house is Republican, and is managed by that party, the sound wisdom of the North Caro linian is deeply appreciated and his advice sought. As the ranking mi nority member of the house rules committee, Mr. Pou is a national figures. Washington people will rejoice in the unopposed renomination of this gentle, able Carolinian. <g> 1 The Fayetteville District Conference By T B. BEAL The .Fayetteville District Confer ence met in a two-day session with the Roseboro M. E, Church, in Rose boro, la«t Tuesday an<4 Wednesday, Hay 13-14. The meeting was Call ed to order by the presiding eld er, Rev. W. A. Cade, of Fayette ville. The opening prayer was led by Rev. G. B. Starling.- Rev. M. T. Plyler, business man ager of the North Carolina Chris tian Advocate, spoke in interest of of this publication. Dr. S. B. Tur rentine spoke in behalf of the Greensboro College, while Prof. Aldridge, of Duke University, spoke for that institution and also on the layman’s activities. Rev. B. T. Hurley of the Fayetteville circuit, preached a most inspiring sermon at the 11 o’clock hour, which was greatly enjoyed. In the afternoon session, Dr.-N. H. D. Wilson, of Hay street, Fay etteville, led the devotional service. Mrs. Rives and four girls from the Methodist Orphanage gave a short program, which was very fine. The presiding elder then called for the reports of the pastors in his dis trict ,which consumed the remain der of the afternoon. At the night session, Rev. J. E. Blalock of Parkton, preached a most excellent sermon to a full house. The male quartet of Roseboro sang at this service to the delight of the conference. Wednesday morning session open ed with worship led by Rev. I. T. Poole, of the Jonesboro Circuit. Rev. Walter Patten spoke in the in terest of the Chapel Hill church. The report of the pastors was re sumed. Following these reports Miss Lambe, of Fayetteville, spoke on the Missionary Work in the Foreign Fields. At 11:30 o’clock was the hour set to elect lay delegates to the annual conference which is to be held at Henderson in the fall, and the following nineteen were elected: J R. Rives, J. C. Williams G. r. Hubbard, George Half, O. A. Zack ery, Jasper Edge, J. C. Lentz Mrs. T. H. Sutton, T. B. Beal, R. W. Herring, J. L. Covington, Q. T. Maness, T. S. Williams, , Z V. Snipes, J. W. Jermgan J -> M - M ® r_ gan, W. H. Ferguson, C. K. Wrenn and W. W. Steadman. The alter nates are: D. N. Geddie, D. • Harris, Lacy J. Womble, Rev. E. B. Bell, Mrs. J. D. Downing, B. r. Ingram and H. .W. Prince. An invitation was extended by Rev. C. B. Culbreth, of Dunn, to hold the next district conference there, which was unanimously ac cepted. <S> — WOMAN’S CLUB HAS BIRTHDAY MEETING The Pittsboro Woman’s Club cele brated the eleventh anniversary of the organization of the club lues day afternoon. The grandmothers of the town were the honorary guests of the occasion. A birthday cake with eleven candles was a ; feature of the occasion. During the afternoon Mrs. W. B. • Chapin sang two or three songs, ! Misses Mary Dell Bynum and Bessie Chapin also sang, and Miss Miriam Thompson gave two readings. The contest of the occasion was a race between the grandmothers to see which could sew on a certain > number of buttons juickest. Mrs. i Marv Barber won. The afternoon is reported as a • very pleasant one. (*> 1 Miss Dora Moody, of Burlington, i spent the week-end with home folks. I Former Chathamite Dies at Coleridge The following press dispatch from • Winston-Salem, dated May 14, tells of the death of a former most use ful citizen of Chatham county; William Jerome Tally, age 63, one of the best known and most popular railroad men of this section of North Carolina, died at the home of Dr. R. L. Caviness, at Coleridge, Tuesday night at 9 o’clock. His death was sudden and was attrib uted to heart trouble. Mr. Tally, a native of Chatham county, moved to Winston-Salem about five years ago from Thomas ville, where he resided for many years as one of the outstanding fig ures of the civic and Christian work of that community. He was - connected with the Bon lee and Western railway, and the Townsville Railway company, two short lines. He had served in rail way work for many years, starting while a mere youth. Fie was for many years actively identified with -the life of Hope Methodist Protestant church, at Bon lee, of which he was a member. He waS plso a charter member of the Bonee Masonic 'lodge. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Hood Tally, of Winston-Sa lem; one daughter, Mrs. P. G. Dun lap, of Little Rock, S. C., and three sons, George W., Elmer A. and W. Raymond Tally, all of Winston-Sa lem, and two granddaughters. Funeral service will be conducted at Hope Methodist Protestant church, Bonlee, at 11 o’clock Thursday morning, with Rev. Mr. Gerringer, of Burlington, and Rev. Mr. Pritch ard, of Asheboro, officating. Jhe body will lie in state in'the church from *9:40 until 10:45 o’clock. In terment will be made in the church Cemetery. Vick Chemical Co. Wins Another Suit Philadelphia, May 15.—Further vindication of the right of a mafiti facturer to control the packaging and marketing of his product, and protection of retail buyers against substitutions for products o,f recog nized merit and wide public accept ance, is given here in a final decree just handed down in United States District court by Judge Oliver B. Dickinson. Judge Dickinson’s decree favors Vick Chemical Company, manufacturer of Vicks V apoßub, in an action against Jacob M. Levin, doing business as Lava Chemical Company, who placed on the market a ten-cent package of a product purporting to be Vicks Vapoßub. The Vick Company has never put out a ten-cent package of its prod uct. The defendant is perpetually restrained from further practice of such business. <s> Brown’s Chapel News Sunday was a fine day at Brown’s. The children carried out their program to perfection in the forenoon, while memorial services were conducted by Pastor Dailey in the afternoon. During the offering, Milton Perry, a little blind boy, a student at the institution for the blind at Raleigh, very delightfully entertained us with a piano solo, Milton, who is twelve, is a mem ber of our church. We are all proud of Milton and rejoice with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Perry, that he is doing so well. We expect some day to see great things of him. The singing was led by.our regu lar, faithful leader J. Frank Dur ham, and he received congratula tions which were well deserved. Closing the program, four M. P. girls from Burlington sang two quartets and that evening sang four. All were simply fine. Without re flection upon others, we must say we believe they were just the best that have sung here. We hope they' will come again. We had a large attendance — many visitors from Raleigh to Wins ton, and plenty of dinner for all. Our chief regret was that Mr. G. G. Lutterloh, Mrs. Lizzie Dark and Mrs. R. H. Lindley were kept at home by illness. Mrs. Lindley is very ill, we regret to state. ✓ We were glad to have with us little Hoyt Clark, whose shoulder was recently knocked out of joint and leg cut. Hoyt is spending the week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Marshall. Little Lois Henderson is spending the week with a cousin, near Gra ham, while their grandmother is spending the week here with her son, Mr. W. C. Henderson. Don’t forget the picnic at the parsonage in Pittsboro Saturday. Let’s make it a good day. May 18, 1930. Q> THE ROGERS PLAN “Every time a Southern farmer plans nothing on his farm but cot ton year after year and the North ern nothing but wheat or corn, why take a hammer and hit him twice right between the eyes. You may dent your hammer—but it will do more good than all the farm relief bills you can pass in a year.”—Will ) Rogers. Subscribers at Every Postoffice end All R. F. D. Routes in Greet County of Chatham VOLUME 52—NUMBER 32 'Nominations Go HuntingtheMan Nominations for Chat ham County Offices Go Abegging in Re publican Convention; All the Tags Finally Placed What had been an apparently hopeful bunch of Republicans in convention here Tuesday afternoon had their ardor seriously dampened when nominee after nominee de clined to accept the -candidacy prof fered him. A committee was ap pointed to choose candidates for the convention’s approval, but before it was over it seemed that it would have been wiser to have followed the method sometimes seen used in Baptists churches in appointing mes sengers to the association—simply ask who would go, and appoint such volunteers. It was an adjourned meeting from that of the 12th of April. Accord ingly, Chairman L. L. Wrenn and Secretary J. G. Paschal of the for mer session served at this one. Chairman Wrenn called upon' Rev. G. C. Mendenhall to lead in prayer and the brother made a very ap propriate one, Next, the chairman called • for* suggestions as to pro cedure to be followed in nominating a ticket for county offices. It was decided to let a committee coin posed of thevcounty executive com mittee and one delegate from essJK township select a ticket for ihv ap-7 provaT of the convention. This was done, find while committee w 5&. outj the convention heard Sprightly talks from R. F. Paschal, L. P. Dixorf, L. L. Wrenn,' and Nubie Dark, who expressed hopes for a successful campaign and expressed a belief that the ticket would have a fair chance of winning this fall. And these fellows, speaking so elo quently and hopefully, had cheered their fellows much, it was quite evi dent. But the sequel let down the spirits of even the dopesters. Scarce ly a Republican left the court house with any expectation of the ticket’s having a smell at the goal. And it all came about through the ap parent lack of faith on the part of the nominees in the chances of the party. When the committee reported some names were quite surely a surprise. Rev. G. C. Mendenhall’s name led as candidate for the sen ate. His endorsement was hearty and Brother Mendenhall appreciated the honor. Yet the senate was the one of all the offices at which the party hasn’t the smell of a chance, since the senator must win in Wake and Lee as well as in Chatham. Mr. D. Seaton Smith, of Baldwin town ship, accepted gracefully the nom ination for the house. He is a na tive of Chatham, but while living in Orange was actually elected to the house. He is a man of ability. Thus far things were going well. Tommie Goldston was named for sheriff, and everybody knew he is a good man, but few doubtless be lieved that he would accept it. He wasn’t here; so his nomination stood. Walter C. Brewer of Bear Creek township was named for clerk of court, but word came that he could not accept the nomination. Herbert C. Farrell, of Center, named for register of deeds, begged off. Then came the effort to tag somebody with those two candidacies. Finally Herbert Farrell consented to let his name stand, and after the solicita tion of several without success, Lendon Powers of Bear Creek town ship, wbo was not had the honor thrust upon him. He couldn't kick out. But as the convention was held upon the eve of the final day for candidates to register with the election board, it is doubtful whether he and some of the others became accredited candidates. L. L. Wrenn, L. N. Womble, and W. J. Morgan were named as can didates for commissioners. Mr. Wom ble tried to decline, but the ticket was put through finally with his consent. Fred R. Dark is the candi date for surveyor and Dr. W. B. Chapin for coroner. Neither was present and so was helpless to re sist. By now all were almost as sured that the whole convention was merely a farce, and there was hard ly left the least expectation of suc cess in the November election. The convention adopted resolu tions, prepared, at its i iquest on the former sitting, by Mr. L. L. Wrenn, resolutions of respect to former political comrades who have recently died, namely, J. D. Dor sett, O. B. Pike, Thomas Green, and J. R. Bright. COAL AREA LARGE Mining engineers who are explor j ing the Deep River coal field have driven four holes in various sec tions of the area and have found coal at each point. - Several other holes are to be bored.