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CHATHAM RECORD
O. J. PETERSON
Editor and Publisher
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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1930
Mr. W. P. Horton, for eight
years chairman of the county
Democratic executive commit
tee, is succeeded by Mr. Wade
Barber. Mr. Horton has func
tioned well as chairman. He
was not a candidate, we un
derstand, to succeed himself,
as he is the nominee for the
senate. Mr. Barber is a cap
able man for the job and will
doubtless serve with equal ac
ceptability.
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We were surprised ourself
at having a full-size paper
last week, but at this writing
Monday, the week of the
Fourth, it is very apparent
that this week’s paper will
be cut short. Really, the print
ers will not regret having less
work this w T eek, -we presume,
and it is certain that the edi
tor would like to take it easy.
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LABEL ’EM, 808
. A good friend brought the
editorial section of the Ra
leigh Times ten miles to show
■ffie editor of The Record the
article chaffing him about
‘■Cheeping on Bailey” as a
Greek scholar. A little en
couragement, we suspect,
would have induced him to
accompany the editor to Ral
eigh to see him whip the
writer of the article. And as
that friend is a man of much
adventure, being equally fa
miliar with the bogs of Ire
land, the gold diggings of the
Klondike, and the hills of
Chatham, and accounts Clar
ence Darrow among his old
time cronies, he w r ould be a
great backer, and might be
depended upon to call in
Clarence in case of any need
for a court defense. The trou
ble was, Bob Gray didn’t label
his article as a joke. Label
’em, Bob, for some of our
Chatham friends would fight,
for. us, and that one, or some
tougher one, misapprehend
ing, might get upon a ram
page, aiid then you would
have to play the “Red Buck”
Bryant stunt. After the nota
ble Fayetteville convention in
which • Patterson was . first
nominated for Congress, “Red
Buck”.came to Lumberton
and when some of us told him
that Zach Prevatt was there
and was inquiring for him to
have him give an accounting
for his Charlotte Observer ar
ticle in which Friend Zach
was caricatured, “Red Buck”
played the vanishing act.
But, seriously, Will Bailey
must , be a “superman,” ac
cording to your pronounce
ment; for w r e will guarantee
that he can read Greek after
all these years, and we know
he was, reading it twelve years
ago. The only secret about
being able to read Greek and
Batin thirty or forty years af
ter one has studied them in
the first place, and, given the
mind of a Bailey or a Will
Vass and a teacher like Dr.
Wm. B. Royall, the trick is
done, though, dollars to dough
nuts, Vass, who made his 99
regularly in Greek to the 97
and 98 of Bailey and another
one or two of the class, and
has taken life easily, his only
care, as stated to this writer
a year or two ago, being to
have “plenty of sunshine and
chawing terbacker,” has more
nearly let his Greek and Latin
slip.
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As was his father, E. K.
Proctor, Jr., James D. Proc
tor has been cut off in his
prime. James had just been
nominated for the senate by
Robeson Democrats. Besides
his own capabilities, he in
herited much of the goodwill
•so manifest toward his good
father, who died, as has
James, in the midst of a ca
reer of great usefulness. The
JProctor side of the family
seemed not to lack longevity,
as the grandfather of James,
FL K Proctor, Sr., was a hard
old nut when his distinguish
ed son, E. K., Jr., died.
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Author —How do you like my
.plot?
Editor—With that esteem which
.can come only of long acquaintance.
The Pathfinder.
BAD POLICY AS WELL AS BAD MORALS
This eve of the Fourth
would seem to be a good time
to say something that some
one, it seems, should say.
As. a starter, we clip a
paragraph from a letter pub
lished in the Afro-American
over the name of R. L. Gil
lispie. Whether the writer is
a negro or a white man is not
indicated, but our guess is
that it is a negro who is seek
ing to curry favor with the
whites. He sends the clipping
to the Greensboro News for
reproduction, where w ? e saw
it. Here it is:
“Having read in your paper
on Friday, June 20th, that at
present there are several
states denying the negro right
to vote, and enforcing segre
gation in schools and public
conveyances of Virginia,
North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Texas, and
having had mv being and
birth in North Carolina, I
challenge the clause of vot
ing rights of negroes of this
state, and brand it as an in
famous lie.”
Whether Gillispie is black
or white, it seems to the
■ writer that it is he who is
lying. For anybody, with any
observation at all, should
know that negroes are denied
the privilege .of voting in
North Carolina on the ground
that they are negroes, and
one who does not know that
to be the' case might have
been convinced if he had
heard the statement by a reg
istrar in the Chatham county
convention Saturday. That
registrar has already decreed
all negro applicants of the
past and the future ineligible
to registration, the constitu
tions and his oath to the con
trary.
President Moton, if a resi
dent of his township, might
appear for registration and
be denied under the sweep
ing practice of this registrar.
And such a policy, we believe,
will inevitably make trouble.
On the other hand, if the
qualified negroes are permit-
As this is written Tuesday
afternoon it appears that Mrs.
Bettie London, Pittsboro’s be
loved woman, is in extremis.
She lies unconscious from an
attack of angina pectoris,
from which affliction she has
suffered at intervals for sev
eral years. Her death seems
imminentjind the children are
being summomfl to her bed
side. H. M. London is already
here. It has been only tw r o
weeks since The Record car
ried a beautiful story of Mrs.
London’s career, from the pen
of Congressman Hammer’s
daughter; consequently, our
readers already have a knowl
edge of the esteem in which
she is held, not only at home
but abroad. Her name is a
household work in many parts
of the state, and there is
scarcely a Confederate vet
eran in the state who does
not know of her devoted serv
ice to the cause of the vet
! erans. Her death will be
greatly deplored in her na
tive town, but it will be a sat
isfaction to consider how
she has been spared as an
inspiration to the community.
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A BRUTAL MURDER
The news of no more brutal
or dastardly murder has gone
abroad in many days than
that of our friend Fred New
ton, postmaster at Kerr, Samp
son county. We have known
him nearly fifty years and
knew no more gentle or harm
less man. At the age of sev
enty he was beaten down on
the path from the post office
to his home and dragged un
conscious into the woods,
where he lay till found sev
. eral hours later.
He was the brother of three
Baptist preachers, Rev. C. C.
■ Newton, former pastor at
Chapel Hill and later mission
ary to Africa and buried in
the sea on his way home;
Rev. J. B. Newton, dead sev
eral years, and Rev. J. D.
Newton, of Thomasville, who
. married the brilliant daugh
ter of Jack Mills of orphan
age fame. Carey Newton, a
r son of Rev. C. C., is a mis
sionary in China, connected
I j with a Baptist college. Fred’s
| own son probably had the
N. U.
ted to register and vote, they
will, in all probability, divide
between the parties. On the
contrary, if qualified men, in
necessarily increasing num
bers, are denied this constitu
tional privilege, it v is almost
certain that the United States
government will, sooner or
later, intervene. If that should
happen and a great swarm
of negroes have their political
rights restored to them at one
time they would almost as
suredly align themselves al
most to a man and woman
with the party most responsi
ble for that restoration of the
voting privilege. In that case,
they could, and probably
would, dominate the politics
of the state.
Even 20,000 negroes, all
Republicans, would one day
find themselves holding the
balance of power. On the
other hand, if they had been
given the privilege gradually
along as they qualified, they
would probably be about half
and half Republicans and
Democrats, and would prove
no menace. Accordingly, de
priving fully qualified negroes
of the right to register, is not
only contrary to the constitu
tion of both the United States
and North Carolina, and to
the oaths of the registrars,
who have sworn to uphold
j both constitutions, but is bad
policy, especially in the long
run.
This season of the Fourth,
when the Constitution is being
lauded all over the country,
is a good time to pause and
consider what the final result
of trampling under foot the
glorious old document will
be.
The constitution of North
Carolina, interpreted in the
true light of the United States
constitution, is suffificient to
keep all illiterates of any race
off the registration books. Let
that suffice. It is certainly
not good sense to undertake
to avoid a gopher hole and
fall into a den of lions. The
wise man foreseeth the evi*
and fleeth it, said a no less
one than Solomon, but some
registrars are not Solomons.
record for the second largest
personal capture of Germans
during the World War, and
was honored by the people
of his county by the presenta
tion of a fine watch at the
fair in 1919 or 1920, the same
day that the “Flying Parson,”
who had recently won fame
by making the cross continent
flight and return quicker than
any competitor, though he
was forced down in the Rock
ies and lost a day before •he
could resume his journey.
Mr. Newton only recently lost
a son in an automobile acci
dent.
Robbery seemed to be the
motive of the unknown slay
er, though little could have
been found on the postmaster
of the village in the pine
woods. >lor would one have
thought that the woods path
through that barren cclintry
could be waylaid by an as
sassin.
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SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Superior Court of Chatham
County made in the action there
in pending, entitled “The Federal
Land Bank of Columbia vs Rufus
Alston and others, the under
signed Commissioner, will on
MONDAY, JULY 28th, 1930,
at 12 o'clock noon,
at the Court House dioor of Chat
ham County, in Pittsboro, N. C.,
sell to the highest bidder for One-
Third cash and the balance in
three (3) equal annual install
ments, that .certain tract of land
in Center Township Chatham
County, North Carolina, and des
cribed as follows, to-wit:
All that certain piece, pareel
or tract of land containing 110
acres, more or less, lying and being
just off the Moncure Road about
4 miles South from the town of
Pittsboro, in Center township, Chat
ham County, North Caroling, hav
ing such shapes, metes, courses and
distances as will more fully appear
by reference to a plat thereof
made by F. E. Womble, surveyor,
August, 1922, and attached to the
abstract now on file with The
Federal Land] Bank of Columbia;
the same being bounded on the
North by lands o£ Ben Thomas;
On the East by lands of Ben Har
per & A, H. London; On the
South by lands of Ben Thomas and
J. W. Griffin and On the West
by lands of J. W. Griffin.
Terms of Sale: One-Third cash
and balance in three equal annual
installments.
Time of Sale: Monday, July 28th,
1930 at 12 o'clock noon.
Place of Sale: Court House,
door in -Pittsboro, N. C.
This the 27th day of June, 1930.
V. R. JOHNSON
Commissioner
july 3-july 24
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of an orgler
of the Superior Court of Chatham
County made in the action there
in pending, entitled “The Federal
Land Bank of Columbia vs Will
S. Johnson and others”, the under
signed Commissioner, will on
MONDAY, JULY 28th, 1930,
at 12 o'clock noon,
at the Court House door of Chat
ham County, in Pittsboro, N. C.,
sell to the highest bidder for One-
Fifth (1/5) cash and the balance
in five (5) equal annual install
ments, that certain tract of land
in Hickory Mountain Township,
Chatham County, North Carolina,
and described as follows, to-wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land containing 144 acres,
more or less, situated, lying and
being just off the Siler City Road,
about 7 miles West from the town
of Pittsboro, in Hickory Mountain
Township, Chatham County, North
Carolina, having such shapes, metes,
courses and distances as will be
more fully appear by reference to
a plat thereof made by R. B. Clegg,
surveyor in 1893 and recorded in
the office of the register of creeds
of Chatham County, and made by
B. A. Phillips, surveyor, in 1911
and both attached' to the abstract
now on file with The Federal Land
Bank of Columbia; and being
bounded on the North by lands of
Henry Whitehead; On the East by
lands of J. A. Woody; On the
South by lands of Hadley and Fike
Lands ;and On the West by lands of
G. P. Alston Estate and J. C.
Bowers.
Terms of Sale: One-Fifth Cash
and balance in five equal annual
installments.
Time of Sale: (Monday, July
28th, 1930 at 12 o'clock noon.
Place of Sale: Court House
Door, Pittsboro, N. C.
This the 27th day of June, 1930.
V. R. JOHNSON,
Commissioner;
july 3-july 24
SALE NOTICE
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Superior Court of Chat
ham County made in the special
proceeding entitled Louzian Lowe,
Administratix, vs. Leanna Staley,
et al”, the undersigned commis
sioner will on the
10th DAY OF JULY, 1930
at 2 o’clock P. M.
on the premises in Chatham County,
East of Liberty, N. C., offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash
that certain tract of land in Chatham
County, North Carolina, described
as follows.
A TRACT of land consisting of
forty-five (45) acres in Albright
Township, Chatham County, N. C.,
bounded on the North by Everett
Johnson, on the East by Alfred
Perry, on the South by the heirs of
Ad Pierce and on the West by the
heirs of Douph Stevens, it being the
land that Martha Staley inherited
from her mother Lindy Staley.
This is a re-sale on account of
raised bid.
This the 24th day of June, 1930.
J. A. SPENCE,
Commissioner.
july 3,10
Professor—Ther’s a student in
this class who’s making a fool out
of himself. Now when he’s finished
I’ll begin.—The Pathfinder. _
/Just Like An Ostrich v
A medical authority says that _a
person who tries to cover up skia
blemishes and pimples with toilet
creams and powders is just as foolish,
as an ostrich that buries its head m
the sand to avoid danger. Skin erup
tions are nature’s warning that con
stipation is throwing poisons mto your
blood stream and weakening your whole
constitution. Remove the constipated
condition and you will strengthen your
evstem against disease and dear up
your disfigured skin. The best way to
do this is with a course of Herbine, the
vegetable medicine that acts natur
ally and easily, which you can get at
Pittsboro Drug Co. Adv.
WaC. ROUNTREE, M. D.
PELLAGRA A SPECIALTY 1
If you have many of the following
symptoms, I have the remedy, no mat
ter what your trouble has been diag- _
nosed: Nervousness, stomach trouble, <
lost of weight, loss of sleep, sore mouth,
hurting in back of head, shoulders or
back, peculiar swimming in head,
frothy-like phlegm in throat, pgsrag
of mucous from the bowels (especially j
after taking purgative), burning feet,
yellow or brown akin, hunting or itch
ing skin, rash on handf^face and arms
resembling sunburn, chronic constipa
tion, (sometimes alternating with di- <
arrhoea), copper or metallic taste, skin
sensitive to sun heat, forgetfulness,
despondency, thoughts that you might
lose your mind, gums red and falling
away from the teeth, general weakness, - '
loss of energy, and look older than you
are. If you have many of these symp
toms, have taken all kinds of medicine,
and are still sick, I especially want YOU
to write for my FREE booklet, ques
tionnaire, and diagnosis.
W. C. Rountree, M. D. BOX 1150 .
Dept. 31-J Austin, Tex** j
' PITTSBORO DRUG STORf
OPEN on SUNDAYS
For the information of the public we here state that
the Pittsboro Drug Store is open on Sundays from 8
A. M. to 10 A. M., and from 2 to 6 P. M.
Your patronage will be appreciated and courteous
service is assured. Dr. T. W. Mcßane, who has for
years been a registered pharmacist as well as practic
ing physician, now compounds our prescriptions. Come
to see us when in Pittsboro.
Your purchase free if we fail to thank you.
T. D. THRAILKILL, Manager
' SALE OF YARD G00DS~"
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Started Wednesday, June 25, and runs through Satur
day, July sth. 15,000 yards of seasonable yard goods
at a tremendous saving. Many of these goods have
come in during the' last few days. Others our regular
stock. Since 1914 have we offered such goods at these
prices.
GET THEM NOW.
32" Dress Ginghams : yard 10c
36" Pajama Checks. : * /- yard 10c
36" Good Grade Percale - yard 10c
36" Carolina Prints ..... yard 10c
40" Fine Quality Printed Voiles. New Patterns yard 15c
40" Solid Color also Printed Voiles yard 19c
,36" Striped Satinella Original 50c yard. Sale price yard 15c
36" Fast Color Percale Prints 29. c grade yard 25c
36" Fine Dimities and) Batiste 39c grade Sale price .yard 29c
48c Fine Linen Finish Prints. Fast color yard 39c
1 Table Sport Satin for Slips and Dresses SI.OO value, 2 yds SI.OO
New Bright Shades.
Flat Crepe in All Leading Shades. Solid color and prints, yd. 89c
1 table Short Lengths all Silk Flat Crepe value up to $2.00
yard, Sale price SI.OO
Bedding’s $2.50 and $2.98 Silks, Sale Price - $1.98
Our regular $2.00 grade Crepe Sale Price $1.69
40" Printed Chiffon - - - yard $1.39
40" Printed Chiffon y ard s l,3 ®
40" Silk Georgette - y ard sl*®®
18x27 Dish Towels - 5c each
80x90 Rayon Bed Spreads. While they last each $1.39
40" White Organdy 39c value. Sale price yard 19c
Barber Towels Special - dozen 69c
33" white pique for Dress, Boys’ Suits, etc 19c
36" Curtain Marquisette with hemstitched stripe. Solid
39c value. - Sale price - y ard 15c
81x90 Bed Sheets, $1.19 value €a<dl 87c
33" Printed Tub Silk. Neat new patterns. SI.OO value yard 69c
color. 39c value. Sale price —. y«d 15c
39" solid color voiles. Fast colors 59c value. Sale price yd. 48c
WILLIAMS-BELK CO.
Steele Street Sanford, N. C. ■
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f a cheap roof at first and then begin the 5
£ continual re-roofing process that is the ?)
I natural order with inferior grades of ri
f! roofing. One good roof should last the
at lifetime of the home. t
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