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North Carolina Crop
Condition on July 1
(State-Federal Repts. of Agri.)
The first half of 1930 showed
an unusually short rainfall, _ which
resulted in early preparation of
soils for planting, but later showed
late and poor development of crops.
Thus, for July Ist, the crop con
ditions are quite variable. The
northwestern mountain counties are
still very dry, with poor pastures
4nd fruit prospects. Poor stands of
cotton are found in the eastern half
of the state, while tobacco has a
similar condition in the New Bright
type 12 belt. Vegetables and fruits
have suffered greatly by the short
age of rainfall. The spring was
cool, which, together with dry
Weather, resulted in a late start for
lhanv crops.
Corn is looking quite good over
most of the state, with an average
condition of 86 per cent of a full
crop, indicating 54,200,000 bushels,
which is the largest crop North
Carolina has had for many years.
The increase of 10 per cent in
acreage shows that the farmers are
going in for the live-at-home pro
gram.
The wheat crop now indicates 12.5
bushels per acre, of 4,580,000 bush
els. The yield at thrashing time
turned out to be much better than
was previously expected. The qual
ity is unusually good on a reduced
acreage this year. Only 4.5 per
cent of last year’s crop is reported
as being on the farms where grown.
Oats shown an average yield of
23.6 bushels per acre, with the
quality at 82 per cent for North
Carolina. This indicates 6,728,000
bushels. There has been a consid
erable shift in recent years from
fall to spring planted oats, due to
the losses by winter killing. Ordi
narily the fall sown oats yield bet
ter than the spring ones. Os the
acreage harvested, the fall or win
ter oats are reckoned as averaging
about 26 bushels per acre, while
the spring crop is reported) at 23
bushels. This is about in line with
the crop of a year ago.
The barley crop did not make the
usual expansion in acreage this
year, due to unfavorable planting
conditions last fall. The yield is
expected to be 22 bushels on 39,000
acres. Rye shows 12 bushels per
acre and a quality of 89 per cent
on 89,000 acres. Improved varieties
of rye have* increased the average
yields of this crop considerably
during the past decade.
The early Irish potato crop (in
cluding commercial acreage) shows
an average yield of 113 bushels on
47,000 acres. The early commer
cial crop is estimated at about 27,-
000 acres, with a yield of about
130 bushels. The late crop now
growing shows a condition of 79
per cent, or 2,546,000 bushels in
prospect. Sweet potatoes have a
condition of 79 per cent, indicating
103 bushels to the acre or 9,270,000 j
bushels for harvest.
Tobacco averages 72 per cent,
with the lowest conditions in the.
northern half of the coastal belt.
This includes most of the new
bright type areas where the crop
suffered most last year. The stands
and development are rather irreg
ular in this area. The average
yield for the state is indicated at
640 pounds or a crop of 504,000,-
000 pounds. This includes a 3 per
cent increase in-acreage. The South
Carolina belt area appears to be in
very good condition, as are certain
parts of the old bright belt.
The peanut crop appears to be
in only fair condition, averaging 77
per cent of a full crop promise,
representing 980 pounds. per acre
of 227,000,000 pounds for the
North Carolina crop. The principal
commercial area in the northeastern
counties shown an average condi
tion of 76 per cent. Practically all
of the peanuts in this area are har
vested for the nuts. Peanuts do
not like too much or too little soil
moisture. It is still early for judg
ing the probably yield.
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Old age reforms more men than
any other one thing.
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SCIENTIFIC R. R. CON
SOLIDATION ESSENTIAL
There are several million owners
of public utility and railroad secu
rities in the United States. In
other words, several million hard
working American men and women
have put some $30,000,000,000 of
their savings into steam railroad
and electrict light and power prop
erties for public service.
These security holders are en
titled to fair treatment at the
hands of law-making and regulatory
bodies and they are entitled to a
fair return on their investment from
the users of the services which they
render. „
Much misinformation has been
broadcast about railroad consolida
tions. Such raidroad geniuses of
E. H. Harriman were prevented by
law from making the very consolida
tions and unifications of transporta
tion systems which today are recog
nized as being essential to the fu
ture requirements of the country.
The need for unified transpor
tation systems became so evident
after the war that congress included
in the transportation act of 1920 a
provision looking to such an end and
delegated the interstate commerce
commission the task of preparing
a plan for uniting the railroads into
a limited number of systems.
After ten years’ labor the com
mission issued its complete plan in
December, 1929. The plan may
not be perfect but it has furnished
the basis for future progress.
There are many arguments pro
and con on this important subject,
but an outstanding fact is that con
solidations to be successful must
be voluntary and apply to proper
ties that lend themselves to practi
cal unification.
The subject should be viewed as
a national problem affecting all
citizens. Objections to specific al
locations in the interstate commerce
commission’s plan should not lead
to a condemnation of the plan as a
whole, particularly as the plan is
changeable on a showing that the
public interest requires it.
It is safe to say that improved
service will follow the uniting of
the railroads into a limited number
of well balanced systems. Railroad
credit will be sustained, restoring
full value to its 25 billion dollars
of outstanding securities, and the
way opened for a new and greater
phase of railroad development.
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OUR BRILLIANTLY EFFI
CIENT POLITICIANS
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Never in our history has the pres
tige and public estimate of the
United States senate been at so low
a point as today.
Why? Because the long-suffering
American public is becoming dis- j
gusted with the unbusinesslike meth
ods, the interminable wrangling, the
obstructive tactics, the selfishness,
j the hypocrisy and the general in-
I efficiency among our legislators.
These typical characteristics of our
politicians have long been the fa
vorable subject of cartoonists and
humorists, but never has there been
so much criticism and ridicule of
congress as there is today.
Happily, there are signs that the
American public is beginning to
look for leaders of a higher type.
Prominent business and professional
men, having achieved conspicuous
success in their own fields, are now
being encouraged to take an active
part in governmental affairs—much
to the discomfiture of the old-time
politicians.
From politics-ridden Pennsylvania
fcomes the cry of newspapers, “We
Need a Dwight Morrow.” Perhaps
this is a straw showing which way
the wind is blowing.
Yet some people still favor gov
ernment ownership and management
of business !-T-Forbes Magazine.
One of the health hints for warm
weather is: Don’t worry. If we
could be persuaded not to worry
in warm weather, the country would
be better off if it had a tempera
ture of 100 degrees the year around.
THE CHATHAM RECORD. PITTSBORO. N. C.
Washington Current Comment
♦
Iceland is celebrating the thou
sandth anniversary of the founding
of its parliament. A country which
can survive a millenium of legisla
tion has nothing to fear from the
future.
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A college president says that the
average student forgets half of
what he has learned, within six
months after the completion of his
course. These are welcome words.
There is still have for the colle
giate.
The distressing account of what
the Gold Star mothers did before
the votive crosses in the French
burying grounds, leads one to ques
tion whether re-opening heart
wounds by such melancholy pil
grimages is the best way to show
appreciation for maternal service
and sacrifice.
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A foreigner who is painfully pick
ing his way through the English
language, asks how an advertiser is
going to “wind up” two bankrupt
stocks of goods which he has “on
his hands.”
The Fargo (N. D.) Forum is en
titled to credit for quoting a sapi
ent sentence from the lips of Mayor
Jimmy Walker of New York: A
soft answer lets the other fellow
show himself up.
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How it is done in Minnesota:
“When you need a new roof, let
us put you on a good one.” (Ad
in a Minneapolis paper.)
A San Francisco doctor advocates
a temporary exchange of children
to give parents a proper perspective.
Italy would be the distinct gainer
in the swapping of Mussolini for
Will Rogers.
Dial phones have been removed
from the senate. Installing hitch
ing posts around the capitol to ac
commodate statesmen will be start
ed soon.—Washington Post.
IN A HURRY
The following paragraph is taken
from a letter received by this news
paper recently describing a reunion
to be held close by. It carried the
notation to please correst all mis
takes as the writer was in a hurry
and on the run:
Their will Be a Reunion at
church 3 miles
West of , known
asi the and Re
union on the sth Sunday in this
month this of course includes the
and and many other
names. We hope to have a large at
tendant from these three well known
Famieys Everybody are accordily in
Vited so Everybody come Just fill
up a Box are Basket full of good
things to Eat ham chickens Beaf
Pies and cakes and com Soon and
Stay all Day. it might Be well for
the people of Pittsboro to com we
will Be glad to welcom all that com
lest make the meeting a great suc
cess. We will have a program
Preaching and Singing By them
who is Not second to any in our
State.
A LESSON FOR AMERICA
It” is not a coincidence that the
nation which has the most laws, the
United States, likewise has the most
disgraceful crime record. It is a
historical fact that we can not cure
a social problem merely by prohibi
tory legislation.
Revolvers and pistols have long
been the favorite targets for Amer
ican reformers. y They argue that
prohibiting them will curb crimes
of all kinds. But they fail to rec
ognize that anti-gun laws would dis
arm the good citizen but would not
affect the well financed, organized
underworld.
No country in Europe is freer
from crime than Switzerland, and
it is the only country without laws
governing firearms and in which the
l authorities actually encourage their
possession and use. There is a les
son in this for America.
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I (CAROLINIANS—Know Your State! fi|l
COPYRIGHT 19*0 BY BOYCE & RANKIN
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THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, SCENE NEAR
BRYSON CITY.
THE Great Smoky Mountain National Park which will probably ultimately con
tain 700.000 acres of land lying in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennes
see was made posrible by the raising of $5,000,000 in the two states and the gift
of $5,000,000 by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. %
The incomparable park, in which there are 18 peaks towering above 6,000 feet,
is the only great area left of the vast original forest of 137 species of trees that once
covered the East from the Atlantic to the prairies. Some of these trees were jf I™’ 1 ™’
ing when Columbus discovered America and are 6 feet in diameter and 150 feet
high. The park will create a sanctuary for bird and animal life, and a botanical gar
den and arboretum which will probably be unequalled in the world.
MT. ZION EPWORTH LEAGUE
People may think Mt. Zion is
’ not lively, but it is a mistake, be
cause it is carrying on lots of fine
work. Sunday before last, July 27,
1930, a number met at the church
and organized an Epworth League,
with Mrs. W. W. Stedman as direc
, tor of the organization for the
evening. Mrs. Stedman (made a
splendid talk on “Leagues and Their
Work.” Mrs. Stedman was very kind
in helping organize the league.
Officers were elected as follows:
Mr. Claiborne Harmon, President;
Miss Claytie Woody, Vice President;
Isabel Petty, Recording and Cor
responding Secretary; Mrs. J. L.
Harmon, Supt. of First Department;
Mrs. J. T. Petty, Supt. of Second
Department; Miss Minnie Harmon,
Supt. -of Third Department; Mrs.
C. H. Griffin, Supt. of Fourth De
partment; Mr. Floyd Harmon, Trea
surer; Miss Irene Petty, Epworth
Era Agent; Mrs. C. H. Griffin,
Pianist.
The League met last Sunday
evening, August 3, at seven o’clock.
A very interesting and helpful pro
gram was rendered. After a short
business meeting.
There are sixteen members on
roll at the present. All the young
people seem to show a great spirit
and interest.
The council meeting will be held
Tuesday evening, August sth, at
eight o’clock at the home of Mrs.
C. H. Griffin. t
The League will be glad to have
you a member of this League if
you are not already a member of
some other organization.
The meetings will be held each
Sunday evening at seven o’clock.
Visitors are invited to attend.
SALE NOTICE
By virtue of the authority of a
judgment in the civil action entitled
“J. T. F. Beck vs. G. M. Phillips,
et al,” I will, on the 30th day of
August, 1930, at 2:30 p. m. on the
premises at Bennett, North Carolina,
sell to the highest bidder for cash
the following described real estate,
to-wit:
A tract of land in Bear Creek
Township, Chatham County, describ
ed as follows: Bounded by the lands
of I. H. Dunlap -on the South and
East, G. H. Estridge on the West,
Mrs. Elizabeth Shields and Atlas
Brown on the West and North, and
Madison Brown on the North. Said
tract containing fifty-two and three
fourths (52%) acres, more or less.
This the 31st day of July, 1930.
J. A. SPENCE,
Commissioner.
Aug. 7-2 8 ____
SALE OF LAND UNDER
MORTGAGE *
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in a cer
tain Mortgage Deed executed by
Chas. Whit Alston and wife, Julia
Alston to E. R. Hinton, dated May
12th, 1924 and recorded in Book
FX page 65 office Register of
Deeds for Chatham County, de
fault having been made in pay
ment of same, the undersigned
will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash at the
court house door in Pittsboro, N.
C. on
MONDAY, Sepi'Vmber Ist, 1930,
at 12 o’clock noon,
the following described tract of
land:
A tract of land in Center Town
ship, Chatham County, North Caro
lina and bounded as follows, to-wit:
Being 78 a«res of land situated on
the Pittsboro-Pleasant- Hill Road
about I Y2 miles from the town
of Pittsboro and being the same
tract of land which Chas. Whit Al
ston purchased from E. R. Hinton
in 1920; and bounded! on the North
by lands of N. M. Hill; *On the
East by lands of A. H. London; On
the South by lands of Jas. L.
Griffin and On the West by lands
of Prince Rives and being South
West from Pittsboro, N. C.
'This the Ist day of August, 1930.
E. R. HINTON,
Mortgagee.
V. R. JOHNSON,
Attorney.
Over a Billion Deadly Germ s
, t in a Single Drop of Water >,
Gertha are so small that there
be as many as one billion, seven hun
dred million of them in a drop of
water. And* Just a few of these tiny
germs, if they get into your blooa
through a cut in your skin, may make
you so sick you will be in bed for
weeks —may cause the loss of a limb
through blood poisoning—may even
infect you with that most dreadful and
fatal of diseases, lockjaw._
Just because you can see no dirt in
a cut does not mean that it is clean.
You cannot see germs. The only safe
and sane thing to do, is to thoroughly,
wash every cut, no matter how small,
with Liquid Borozone, to kill the
germs, and then dust it with Borozone
Powder, to hasten the healing. Liquid l
Borozone costs 30 cents, 60 cents, $1.20
and $1.50; Borozone Powder, 30 cents
find 60 cents, and can be had at
Pittsboro Drug Co. Adv.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a decree made
and entered in that certain action,
pending in the Superior Court. of
Chatham County, North Carolina,
entitled “Peoples Bank and Trust
Company vs. G. M. Phillips et als”
the undersigned commissioner will
offer for sale to the highest bidder,
for cash, on Saturday, the 23rd day
of August, 1930, at twelve o’clock,
noon, at the Court House door, in
Pittsboro, N. C., all those tracts or
parcels of land lying and being in
Bear Creek Township, Chatham
County, North Carolina, and more
fully described as follows:
First Tract: Being Lots Nos. 13,
14, 15, 16 and 47 of the map and
survey of the village of Bennett,
N. C., and registered in the office of
the Register of Deeds for the Coun
ty of Chatham, in Book EN, at Page
601 and bounded as follows: Be
ginning at the corner of lot No. 13
on the north side of Lane Avenue
with corner of lot No. 12; thence
north with line of lot No. 12 46
poles to the Alvin Murray old line;
thence east with said Murray line
and Brown line (now G. M. Phil
lip’s) 124 P& poles to the N. E. cor
ner of lot No. 47; thence south
E. 32 poles to Lane Avenue;
thence with Lane Avenue west 128
poles to the beginning, corner of
lot No. 12, containing 33 acres,
more or less.
Second Tract: Beginning at a
stone, Brown’s corner, running east
11.90 to a stone, Brown’s corner,
in I. H. Dunlap’s line; thence north
with his line 15.15 to a pine knot;
thence west 11.90 to a pine knot';
thence south 15.15 to the begin
ning corner, containing 18 acres,
more or less, and being tthe same
land conveyed by deed of M. S.
Brown and wife to G. M. Phillips
and registered in the office of Reg
ister of Deeds for Chatham County
in Book FB, at Page 278.
This the 22nd day of July, 1930.
WADE BARBER,
Commissioner.
Siler & Barber, Aittys.
July 31-Aug. 21.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
NORTH CAROLINA,
CHATHAM COUNTY.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
July 7, 1930.
The following described territory
consisting of the following school
districts in Chatham County, viz.,
Fairview, Manns and Bynum School
Districts, having been created and
determined to be a Special School
Taxing District by the Beard of
Education of Chatham County, and
the boundary lines of the same hav
ing been duly defined and recorded
on the Minutes of the said Board
of Education the governing school
boards of a majority of the said
districts within said Special School
Taxing District having duly en
dorsed the petition of twenty-five,
or more, of the qualified voters,
who have resided at least twelve
months in the said Special School
Taxing District, for a Special
School tax election to be called and
; -'eld in said Special School Taxing
District to equalize school advan-
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 i to .
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tages within said District, and said
petition having been duly approved
by the Board of Education of
Chatham County, all in pursuance
to the provisions of law, and par
ticularly Article 18 of the Codifica
tion of the School Laws of North
Carolina:
Now, Therefore Be It Resolved
By the Board of County Commis
sioners of Chatham County:
First: That a special school tax
election be held at Riddles Garage,
in Bynum, N. C., on Saturday, the
27th day of September, 1930, for
the purpose of voting on the ques
tion of whether or not a special
school tax not to exceed thirty cents
on the one hundred dollars valua
tion of property, shall be levied
and collected in the said Special
School Taxing District to supple
ment the public school funds which
may be apportioned to said Dis
trict, which said Special School Tax
ing District is bounded and describ
ed as follows: Beginning at the
Orange County line on the east
bank of Haw River and running
eastward with said Orange ana
Chatham County line to the Bells
School District line; thence south
ward with the said Bells District
line to the Old Bethel School Dis
trict line; thence with said north
side of Bethel School Diserict h ne
to Haw River; thence across Havt
River to the Bynum School District
line; thence with said Bynum Dis
trict line to the beginning.
. Second: That at said election
all of the qualified voters in said
territory, who shall have registered,
shall be entitled to vote, those who
are in favor of the levy and co -
lection of said tax or taxes shai
vote a ballot on which
written or printed the words
Special Tax,” and those who are
against the levy and collection o
said special tax or taxes shall yo
a ballot on which shall be written
or printed the words “Against bp
cial Tax.” For the purpose of car "
rying out said election
Durham is hereby appointed reg lJ
trar, who shall keep his books ope*
from Saturday, the 23rd day
• August, 1930, until Saturday, tnj
13th day of September, 1930,
dates inclusive, for the registrati'
of the voters within said dis ri -
or territory, and a new regi»
tion is hereby ordered ; and reg '
tration and the election shall
conducted as near as possible ur*
and in accordance with the Gene -
Election Laws for elections P
resentative to the General Assem >. >
and the said registrar shall 0e
the* said polling place each ba
day during said Registration pe ’
with the registration books, 1
purpose of registering electors.
After the closing the P°‘ ; '
election day the registrar and
holders shall proceed to cou n y
votes for and again said exec •
declare the results of the s aine . n f
certify the same to the w ha m
County Commissioners of Gna.
County. t IQ o O
This the 7th day of
C. D. MOORE, .
Chairm. Board of County Comm
sioners, Chatham County. -j
■C. C. Poe, Clerk ex-officio to sa
Board of Chatham County Gomn
. sioners.