THURSDAY* AUGUST 14, 1930.
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>j r . and Mrs. P. M. Johnson of
Ze igl er> Illinios, are visiting Mr.
Johnson’s sister, Mrs. L. N. Wom
and other relatives in Pittsboro
and vicinity.
}f r . and Mrs. J. C. Davis of
Raleigh were here on business Tues
iv Mr. Davis was long a citizen of
Chatham county. In fact, he was
born right across the line in Wake.
\Vhen he was a youth he was work
ing as a hireling for Mr. Glover
Vven of the Buckhorn section and
spending everything he made, so
; avs and old acquaintance. Mr.
e n told him one day that he
could tell him how to be v “Mr.
Davis and not simply “Coley Davis”
an d when old, “Old Coley Davis.”
the advice was to work like h—
and save his money. The youth
t o ok the advice and is now, sure
enough, “Mr. Davis,” and his busi
ness over here -was to advertise a
mortgage sale of a Chatham county
farm. If this yarn is not straight,
charge it to’John Bell, that is, the
Avent advice part. The advertise
ment in this paper of the farm
attests the other part.
Another boy needs no hook to
catch fishes. Floyd Perry, little
son of Mr. J. A. Perry, wading in
Terrell Creek, over in Hadley town
ship, hit a jack or pike of a foot
or more in length with his foot and
reached down and grabbed him.
Lacy Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Griffin, underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis at Durham
last week. He .is expected home
the latter part of this week. . ,
Mr. Harry Bell was in from
Laurinburg for the ' week-end. He
is assisting in the erection, or in
stallation,- of a condenser down
there. ’ •*; - '*"• •
Miss Eleanor Wright of Raleigh
is visiting Mrs. J. W. .Hunt.,
There should be. two hundred
subscribers on our list who should
find it comparatively easy to renew
subscriptions at any time. If we
could only determine for certain
which they are and write to them,
we could readily g;et the money
needed to help tide over the pres
ent month or two of pinching times.
But to write to all is a task and
we have rather promised .not to
urge any one for payment who
needs the money at this climax of
hard times worse than we 4 do. If
all who..* read this will consider
whether they can renew now and
do so if at all convenient* whether
their time is out or not, the diffi
culty would .. be removed. Just a
little help from subscribers and. ,we
pull through the summer in. as
good shape as we entered it.
Foster Powell is visiting his aunt,
Miss Lillie Hill, at Leaksvil-le.
Miss Fannie Beard, who recently
underwent an operation for appen
dicitis at. the. Baptist. Hospital,
Winston-Salem, is home recuperat
ing before returning to her work
as professional nurse in that city.
Miss Jennie Connell came in
from Raleigh for the week-end. She
recently visited New York.
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur London
came in from Durham for the
week-end; •
Mrs. C. C. Poe and Mrs. Royal
Shannonhouse, Jr., spent several
days last week with Mrs. John
Linder in Greensboro.
Kev. Jonas Barclay, assisted by
Dr. Gilmore of Sanford, held a re
vival services at Mt. Vernon
Springs Presbyterian church last
week. Pastor Barclay returned
Sunday and preached at the Pitts
boro church at eleven and closed
the meeting at Mt. Vernon Springs
that evening.
Misses Vivian and Lisette Allgood
of Roxboro' visited Mrs. Walter
Johnson during the week-end.
M'e failed to note last week .a
visit from Mr. B. Nooe and son,
Louis, from Ridgeway, S. C.
Mrs. Shiver of Clemson College,
C., is visiting her son, Mr. N.
L. Shiver, here this week. She was
accompanied here from Charlotte
oy her son, Robert, who returned
10 Charlotte Monday.
. Mr. Frank Braclay has been visit
ln? in Bristol, Tenn.
' u • Haris, who is engeged
! n bridge construction in Virginia,
Is now engaged in the construction
of a bridge across State River, near
Appomattox, and directs his Record
t 0 be sent to Toga, Va.
. Marion Bateman, of Leakes-
V e ». visiting Mises Catherine and
• uanita Overacre.
Me regret to learn that the con
ation of Mr. D. B. Burns of Haw
• lver . township is very serious. He
s old and is not expected to
survive his affliction.
Mr. and Mrs. James Dailey came
jn irom Washington, D. C. and
a day 0 r two with the former’s
tather, R ev . J. A. Dailey.
Mrs. W. L. Farrell and son Les-
JT £P en b a few days with relatives
v Reeling-, Va., and also visited
Norfolk, Va.
j Mr. an d Mrs. Floyd Siler and
‘Ughter Allene spent the week-end
j. w rightsville Beach, or at least
‘ an unsigned item coming in
our hands. Please give your
nie when sending in items. If it
«nf-r' r^ten upon the enveleope it
aK;i-! ces to assure us of the reli
abllity of the report.
Miss Cara White is spending
some time with Miss Mary Sears
of Durham.
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Mises Sarah, Mary Everett and
Cleveland Wilkie of Mill’s Home,
Thomasville are visiting their grand
father, Mr. C. D. Wilkie this week.
Misses Dorothy, Annie and Ro
berta Lambeth, Margaurette Cooper
and Pauline and Lois Ray, spent
an enjoyable afternoon at Lakeview
last Wednesday .
Prof, and Mrs. H. G. Self motored
to Hopewell, Va., and looked over
the Paper Wood factory there one
day last week and then went on
to the beach. Prof Self stated that
it was exceedingly dry in that sec
tion and crops parched up badly.
Miss Irene Brown of. Elkin is
the guest ,of Miss Lois Ray this
week. ...
Miss Camelia Stedman returned
Monday from a visit to friends at
Hoffman. ....
Miss Mary Bland, the efficient
Assistant Cashier of Moncure Bank
is taking her vacation this week
and spending the time in the moun
tains.
The members of *the .* Sunday
school of the Baptist- church will
go on a picnic to Pullen’s Park,
Raleigh Thursday of this-week. •
Mr. and Mrs. < Z.' Marshall and
family are at home after spending
two weeks visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. : Broddnox and
daughters, Mises Edna, Llicille and
Patria of Mt. Holly spent : the week
end with Mr. and Airs. E. G. Brood
nox. ■• ■ •. V->
Mrs. E. C. White of Wilmington
was the guest of Mrs. J.’J. Hack
ney, Jr. last Friday.-.,! »v.
Mrs. R. H.Overby and Mrs. P.
H. Harringtpn and children of Brick
haven spent Thursday with Mrs.
J. J. Hackney, Jr.
Mr. C. D. Wilkie his certainly
raised some fine water-mel-ons and
had them ’on sale ’at Moncure this
week. Also Mr. B. M. Dickens of
Merry Oaks has raised 3omc fine
ones and had them on sale here.
The home-grown melons * - have a
r eady market here.
Both Leagues held their regular
meeting . last Sunday evening. Miss
Ruby Womble was leader of the Hi-
League and Miss Lois Wilkie was
leader of the Senior League. Dif
ferent members of the Leagues as
sisted in presenting the programs.
As an electrical storm was on
at the preaching hour last Sun
day evening, Rev. J. A. ' Dailey did
not preach, but held a short service,
the main feature of the service was
singing.-, »
Sheriff S. W. Womble and fam
ily of Jonesboro were present at
this service and the congregation
enjoyed the songs * (quartettes)
sung by four boys of Jonesboro. We
hope these young men will come
again to sing for us.
The members of the Woman’s
Missionary Society met at the Meth
odist church last Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. After the devotional,
much business was dispensed with
and then a good program -Was given,
the subject of which was, “Mission
ary work at Home.” The Social meet
ing for August will be held at the
home of Mrs. E„ G....Broodnox at
Carolina Plant Thursday evening be
fore the 4th Sunday. Mrs. Broodnox
cordially invites all the members of
the Woman’s Missionary Society,
their husbands and children to come
to this meeting.'
Mrs. Goswick and daughter, Miss
Clara Belle of Mayodan are visiting
her sister, Mrs. A. O. Harmon this
week. 1
Mr. Daughterty, representing the
Federal Land Bank foColumbia was
in town to see W. W. Stedman on
business.
Mr. W. W. Stedman went to Gold
ston and other places on business
Monday.
Mrs. Julia Stedman is spending
this week with her brother, Mr.
L. E. Cole and other relatives.
Revival Services are • on at Mt.
Zion Methodist church this week.
Rev. J. A. Dailey is doing some good
preaching.
Miss Lucile Brady, who is at
tending the Summer School at
Chapel Hill, psent last week-end
at home. ’ . .. . *
The members of the B. Y. P. U.
enjoyed a water-melon slicing on
the yard of the Baptist church last
Friday evening. Each member in
vited a friend.
Work is progresing nicely on the
new additional to the Moncure Pub
lic School building. This addition
is being built to make room for the
Domestic Science Laboratories. The
School will offer a course in Dom
estic Science this year for the first
time in its history.
The faculty has been completed
and is as follows: Mr. H. G. Self,
Principal and Mathematics, Miss
: Hortense Honeycutt, Clinton, N. C.
1 French and English, Mr. E. W.
Avent, Jr., Bynum, N. C., History
and Science, Miss Anna Mae Cad
dell, Carthage, N. C., Domestic
Science, Miss Lucy Boone, Bur
lington; N. C., Music.
The Grade teachers, Miss Cecil
A. Seawell, Brickhaven, N. C.,
Seventh Grade, Miss Esther Martin,
Merry Oaks, Sixth Grade, Miss Ana
Andrews, Bonlee, N. C., Fifth
Grade, Miss Margarette Mann, By
num, N. C., Fourth Grade, Miss
Louise Petty, Pittsboro, Third Grade,
Mrs. Berta Osbourne (formerly Miss
Berta Holloday), Greensboro, N. C.,
Second Grade, and Miss Daisy Bland,
Sanford, N. C., First Grade. The
teachers for the Brickhaven School
is Miss Sarah Kelly, Carthage, N. C.
School will open September first
and the busses will make their reg
ular routes on that date.
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Don Bridge, advertising director
of the Inianapolis (Indiana) News,
says:
THE -CHATHAM RECORD. PITTSBORO. N. C.
| The Town Was |
$ Money Mad
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Watertown was one of those
tiny mountain villages so com
mon in the Smokies. A post office, a
couple of general merchandise stores,
two or three country boarding houses
that took summer visitors, n. handful
of struggling mountain families, mag
nificent scenery.
The few summer people who came
to the hoarding houses were almost
as poor i* their way as the
taineeers were in theirs. Stenog
raphers they were, and clerks with two
weeks off and scarcely enough money
to finance even so short vacation.
“If somebody would come along and
put up a decent hotel here,” they would
say, “he could make a real thing of
this place. There’s fish In the river
and good views, hut as it Is nobody
can stand the place. This is my last
trip here.”
But, of course, if wasn’t. The same
old crowd came back each year be
cause it was cheap. The country folk
knew nothing but privation and skimp
fng, skimping, skimping. They raised
a little food on their rocky, hilly pieces
of land and occasionally drove a cow
or calf some forty miles to the nearest
city to be sold for a few dollars. The
older folk were inured to the eoudi
tions, the younger ones who could,
left, the others became weary In the
futile struggle for existence.
“It don’t seem right,'* said Joe Wil
son desperately to his fiance. “When
a man’s willin’ to work he ought to
have the chance. There ain’t nothin’
I can do to make some money so s we
could get married. Seems like S can’t
stand it any more, honey. If I could
only leave home like Bill and John,
but there’s Ma flat on her back and
she ean’t stand not to be turned every
few hours. She gets to hurtin’ to.”
Mary crept a little closer to her '.five r
and her grip tightened over his big
rough hand.
“It’ll work out all right some way,
don’t you reckon? We’ll Just wait till
somethin’ turns up.”
“But Mary, 1 can’t I’m plumb wore
out with waitin’l” His voice broke
on the words and suddenly he rosO,
caught her to him almost roughly, held
her for a moment In a frenzy of
despair then let her go.
“Honey, it’s drivin’ me crazy. I
ain’t cornin’ hack tilt I can marry you,”
he said as 1 be turned and walked
swiftly away.
As she stood there, straining her
eyes to see in the dim light a «wist
loneliness sWept over her and a sense
of Irrevocable loss. If he c*»u!d only
have understood that she w*»uld
rather be hungry all the time and
watch over his old mother and turn
her and feed her—anything rather
than to he left without him. It was
like dying yet still being alive.
As fall came and the long winter
set In Mary grew restless and weary
with waiting.
And all the time without a single
glimpse of Joe.
Then at last came spring. Softly,
swiftly it stole over the mountains,
touched the bare trees with its magic
wand. With spring came Some strange
men to Watertown. They surveyed
and measured and dickered and bought.
Joe’s little piacc was in the tract they
wanted so they bought it, too, and
gave him more money for it than he
had ever seen in his whole life before.
The day he sold he rushed up the
mountain side to Mary’s little cabin
and, breathless, he caught her in his
arms in an ecstacy of joy. “Mary, It’s
cornin’, it’s cornin’l he exclaimed
wildly.
Mary had no idea what was coming,
but her fiance’s joy was contagious
and the meFe sight of him was enougn
to make her happy after the months
of hopeless waiting. In a moment he
had told her all and had gone rushing
back down the hill, leaving her stand
ing in the doorway, bewildered, speech
less, her sudden happiness almost suf
focating her.
On the heels of the buyers came huge
shovels that bit at the earth like giant
monsters. All day long they roared
and screamed for weeks. These at
last gave way to the bricklayers and
carpenters and by the end of summer
an enormous building stood where last
year had been only trees and a tiny
house or two. And across the brick
building was a sign which read:
United Elanket Factory No. 4.
Joe worked from the first day, faith
fully, happily; digging dirt, carrying
brick, mixing concrete. A new pur
pose could be seen in his, face and a
new hope was in his heart In early
September, he and Mary were mar
ried. Later he got a permanent job
in the boiler room while Mary carded
in* one of the big airy rooms upstairs
with dozens of other girls from the
hills. With part of the money they
made, they hired an old woman to
take care of Joe’s mother. The two
country stores put in a stock of silk
underwear, cosmetics, and cheap silk
dresses. Youth primped and laughed
and loved.
Prosperity had come to the hills
and with it new life and joy and
happiness to the country folk. Joe
and Mary sang as they went home
from work together—home to one of
the little mill houses that had electric
lights and running water.
But people passing through on the
trains grumbled and said;
“They ruined a beautiful summer
resort when they made Watertown into
a mill village.”
(Copyright.)
HORSE POWER
AND HORSEPOWER
The Middle **• West Utilities com
pany of Chicago recently ran an
advertisement disclosing that, con
trary to the city dweller’s concep
tion, American agriculture is a high
ly merchandized industry with an
aggregate capacity of about 50,-
000,000 horsepower—greater than
the capacity of all prime movers in
factories and electric generating
stations combined.
Except for his electric motors and
windmill, the farmer’s power ma
chines demand almost constant at
tention. They consist of more than
24,000,000 sma.ll units. Os these,
18,750,000 are animals with at least
35 per cent of the total power ca
pacity. -
From all his power resources the
farmer gets only about 4 per cent
of capacity. The manufacturer gets
at least 13 per cent and electric
generating station deliver better
better than 30 per cent.
For power the farmers pays at
least 25 per cent of his gross in
come, while cost of fuel and power
in manufacturing is only 3 per cent
of value of output.
Electrification of agriculture,
then, can not be viewed as merely
a process of bringing power to the
farmer. The farmer has power—
lots of it—but he has not the kind
of power which can do small scat
tered jobs with a minimum of hu
man attention. He has not the
kind of power which can work at
a high percentage of its capacity as
an interconnected electric system
can.
It is only by grouping the re
sources of the power industry that
uniform low-cost service can be
given to the American farmer and
bring him the advantages now en
joyed by his city neighbor who is
able to draw upon unlimited sup
plies of electricity. Practical “farm
relief” will result.
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THESECRET
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“What do you suppose was the se
cret of Methusela’s old age?”
“Never did read what kind of pat
ent medicine he used.”
JUST WANTED TO KNOW
“These automobile accidents usually :
wrench the spine a bit.”
“Say, lissen, doc! Are you really
feeling for broken bones or my pocket
book?”
OVERTRAINED
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“The great athlete died because he
w T as overtrained?”
“Yes; fell under the cars and was
cut in half.”
FISH SCALES
Sensitive Stout Fish—“ Who says I’m
too heavy? I’ve just weighed myself
and I’m no heavier than I ought to be.
Jocular Thin Fish—Then your
scales are wrong!
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- Each of us is both a broadcasting
and a receiving station.—Forbes
Magazine.
LADY PROTESTS H. F. D/S
PERSONAL CRITICISMS
Mr. Editor:
I notice in the Brown’s Chape
News of last week’s paper that some
lady had been kept away
from ‘church on account of riding
with a drunken relative, who caused
a lot of excitement and trouble,
Now if the writer is referring to me
riding with my brother and his
wife, the reference is absolutely un
true, since no one was drunk oi
drinking. It ought to be against the
law to slander and publish untruth
ful stories in the paper, even if no
names are called. That is no way
to correct the faults of your neigh
bors.
Mr. Durham, if you think your
pieces are influencing anybody for
good, you are badly mistaken. You
are only making enemies and I
think it is time you use some com
mon sense, if you have any.
Respectfully,
MRS. Z. L. DARK.
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He who carries lime in a basket
leaves traces wherever he stops.—
Chinese proverb.
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Bobby., your mother tells me you
are a very bright boy, and she
expects you to be a great man,”
said Jergenslotion as he sat in
the parlor waiting for Bobby’s
sister.
“Ma never does ’spect right. She
doesn’t know what she’s talking
about. She told dad she ’spected you
and my sister would be married
’fore spring, and that was more
than a year ago.” —The Pathfinder.
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will be at Dr. Farrell's office in
Pittsboro from 10 A. M. to 3
P. M. Tuesday, August 26
CRY FOR IT—
/CHILDREN hate to take medicine
a rule, but every child loves the
taste of Castoria. This pure vegetable
preparation is just as good as it tastes;
just as bland and just as harmless as the
recipe reads.
When Baby’s cry warns of colic, a
few drops of Castoria has him soothed,
asleep again in a jiffy. Nothing is more
valuable in diarrhea. When coated
tongue or bad breath tell of constipation,
use its gentle aid to cleanse and regulate
a child’s bowels. In colds or children’s
diseases, you should use it to keep
the system from clogging.
Castoria is sold in every drug store;
the genuine always bears Chas. H.
Fletcher’s signature.
CASTORIA
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Lee Hardware Co.
Headquarters for Farming Tools, Implements, Mill
Supplies, Builders’ Supplies, Kitchen
and Household Hardware
. a See Us for Roofing and Paints
Chatham Folk are invited to make our store
headquarters when in Sanford
THE LEE HARDWARE CO.
Sanford, N. C.
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On the Safe Side
Suppose you should lose your job tomorrow.
Would it mean any hardship for you? What
would happen? It is worth thinking about.
Would the lack of income worry you? Do
you have enough money on hand to carry
you through until you can find another job?
If not, then wouldn’t it be a mighty good
plan to start a little fund now, while you are
still earning something? Place the account at
OUR Bank, and play safe.
Start your Boy’s Saving Account Now.
THE BANK OF MONCURE .
MONCURE, N. C. j
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l TURNIP SEED of all kinds in bulk.
Ruta Baga, Purple Top White
, Gloge, Cow Horn, Southern Prize,
g Seven Top, White Egg. Ellow
s Aberdeen, and other kinds. Cab
bage, carrot,vspinach, kale, mus
r tard, etc. See us for seed. J. H.
e Monger, Sanford, N. C.
- FLOUR is now cheaper than it has
o .been since 1924 and satisfaction
y is guaranteed by C. E. Durham.
- Give him a trial.
SHOES that are bought of C. E.
Durham, Bynum, give satisfac
r tion and long wear. Come and
J give us a trial.
_ I OFFER my service to Pittsboro
people and others of Chatham
county who desire any kind of
electrical insulation. Have had
17 years experience. Have just
l completed job in new ' Fields
bungalow in west Pittsboro. W.
Rollen Yarberry, Siler City, N. C.
aug. 7, 14. pd
t FOR SALE—Single Comb White
, Leghorn Pullets three months old.
t H. F. Durham, Pittsboro Rt. 2.
i WILL EXCHANGE Registered Jer
-5 sey Heifer for fresh milk cow.
Two of them, 9 and 7 • months
i old. W. W. Lutterloh, Pittsboro,
r Rt. 2. . •
I FOR SALE—A Good Farm one
mile from Bell’s church and High
School. A. J. Wilton, Apex, Rt.
3, N. C. • TAug2l-pd
‘ FRUIT JARS CHEAP—We have on
I hand a lot of half gallon fruit
jars bought at a bargain, which
we can sell at sl.lO per dozen,
which is about the wholesale.
price of such jars., Poe and
Moode. ,v , ■
FOR SALE—Case Tractor—good
condition—s22s. 1928 Pontiac
car, good running condition $200;
See Cooper Harris, n . i
ROOMS FOR RENT. Apply to Miss -
Carrie Jackson, Pittsboro; :
MOLINE MOWER and McCormick7;
rake for sale cheap. J. W, Camp- _
bell, Pittsboro, Rt. 1.
GOOD PURE COFFEE 20 cents a .
pound a pound at R. J. Moore's.
STUDEBAKER Touring Car 6,
good condition, for sale. Formerly
offered for S2OO and a bargain
at that; will take SIOO for quick
sale. Apply for information at
Record Office.-
MlLK—Better miik—Aerator cool
ed, bottles sterilized. No. more .
complaints of sour milk. Let me
furnish you. Lexie Clark. „: . n
FRESH FISH at R. J. Moore’s ev
ery Saturday. ■
GOODYEAR TIRES and Willard
Batteries at R. J. Moort’s,
PROFESSIONAL, nurse. I am io
cated in Pittsboro and offer my '
services as a; professional nurse t<*
the people of. Chatham c unty. :
Elsie Lucile. Peterson, R. N. .
CHICKEN FEED, sweet feeds, oats,
ete., wholesale or retail at lowest
prices at Poe and Moore’s, Pilts
boro. • , ;
FOR SCREENING—Cab re; work i
or carpentry of anv k : nd or-, ex
tent see E. W. Eliing on. Shop
near Silk Mill, Pittsboro. :S-.;p2Be
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Myrtle Dove —W r ny, vour heart
sounds like a drum beating, v t
Fonda Love—Yes, that is the Call
to arms.—The Pathfinder.
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