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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
Morrison Gives
Rousing Speech
Ex-Governor Speaks to Crowd
ed Court Room—Holds Atten
tion Like Magnet—Speech
Clecr-Cut, Straightforward,
and Convincing.
Yx-Governor Cam Morrison has
already won the vote of Chatham
• the United States Senate two
venrs from now. The man simply
hi a thronging court room in rapt
attention for an hour and a half
Tuesday afternoon as he reviewed
* administration of state affairs by
the Democratic party and depicted
the plight of the Republicans as
ey flounder about in seeking cam
paign issues. N «,
Mr. Morrison’s speech was of the
hind to convince without angering
members of the opposing party. He
began by saying that he must show
up the Repubi ican party, but that
he had no ill will against Republi
cans as individuals. He has many
friends among them and many Re
publicans of the state have largely
contributed to the well-being of the
state and its wonderful develop
ment. Yet while there are good
Republicans, the party as a party
is bad. They have never done a
single thing in the whole history of
the state to which they can point
with pride. Not even their plat
form points to any achievement. In
i'aet, it would be unmanner y to
discuss the last Republican admin
istration in the state. Democrats
feel that it would be an insult to
call up the dark days of Russellism.
He was really sorry for them and
as he could not discuss it without
insulting Republicans he would let
it go.
Turning to the Democratic
ministration of the state for the
past thirty years, he declared that
the government of North Carolina
is now of international! repute. Re
publicans formerly boasted of the
National government and tacitly ad
mitted that the state government
was unassailable. But now they
~ tannot “acclamT the’~Naffbnal admin
istration and in desperation are
undertaking to attact the Democratic
administration in the state. It is
the best they can do.
Enumerating the achievements of
the administration the past 30 years,
he cites lower insurance rates than
any other southeastern state has, as
a consequence of wise laws. The
health department has enabled the
state to lead in lowness of death
rate. The birthrate is highest in
the country or world. In fact,
through the administration of pre
ventive measures many a Republican
is now living who might be where
he doesn’t want even a bad Re
publican to go.
The coastal waters have been
given attention and are a’ ready af
fording a considerable revenue from
fishing and oystering permits. And
these most important resources will
in time largely help support the
state.
The Agricultural Department is
considered the best in the United
States even by Republican members
of the U. S. agriculture department.
While the educational progress of
the state is now admired by the
whole world. Experts have declared
that North Carolina has more near
ly solved the problem of the wise
expenditure of school money than
any other state in the union. The
schools of the state secure more
money, proportionately, from the
state treasury, not a dollar of which
has come from tax on property,
than the schools of any other state.
The defectives and unfortunates
have been cared for, regardless of
who they are. All God's broken
and defectives, the deaf, blind, in
sane, the cripples, etc., are c&ted
•* or as a great Christian people
should care for them. The road
system has become the wonder of
the world.
but Republican campaigners are
reduced to the claim that these
good things cost too much. The
speaker denied it and challenges
nepub icans to specify. If they
rnake the charge, they condemn
tneir own leaders, for there is not
an important board controlling or
directing any one of these great
mterprises that does not have lead
ing Republicans on it who have con
sented to all the expenditures
enarged as too high. He himself
appointed three of the leaders of
opposition party to the highway
commission. Republicans are on all
foe directorates of public institu
t oaSj and the Republican members
Legislature have not seriously
opposed any feature of the recent
revenue bil, -s.
-U1 property taxes go to county
local expenses, and the county
Paxes in Republican counties are the
jngnest in the state. Yet, driven
Y v the urge for progress and not
foreseeing the evil day that has been
thrust upon us by the Republican
National policies, communities have
frequently been too generous, but
the local taxes are on the people
oy their own consent and vote. The
please turn to page TWO 1
The Chatham Record
Republican Cam
, paign Speakings
Mr. L. L. Wrenn sends us the
following appointments for the
county candidates and for Mrs.
Winn.:
Thursday night, Oct. 23, Bell’s.
The county candidates will be
there aso Mr. J. C. Matthews, can
didate for Congress.
Meronies, Friday night, Oct. 24;
Lystra, Saturday night, October2s
Same grouo at Lystra and Mer
onies as at Bell’s.
Mrs. Juanita Gregg Winn, vice
chairman of the state Republican
executive committee and one of tie
most talented women speakers in
the state, will address the voters at
Moncure school auditorium, on Tues
day night, October 28th. Mr. Wrenn
hopes that a large crowd will hear
Mrs. Winn
We add below a paragraph from
Mr. Wrenn’s letter, in which we are
in accord:
‘T want to take this opportunity
to express my appreciation for the
nice write-up of our Pritchard speak
ing you gave us in this week’s
Record. I am glad our campaign
in Chatham, so far, has been with
out bitterness and I hope it shall
continue so. We are all North Caro
linians and hoping working
for the best interest of the whole
peopie and we should be big enough
and good enough to recognize the
patriotism and value of our op
ponents.”
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MR. WALDEN PRAISED
To the Chatham Record:
As we all know, it will soon he
that the management of our county
will in part be placed in new hands,
referring to the commissioners, who
had a very responsible position.
The time has come when the mat
ter of cost of county affairs must
be taken in hand, and handled with
best regards for the public interest.
Referring to our state govern
ment, we have permitted our poli
ticians, few of whom seem even to
be aware of the word “economy,”
to pi e up cost that good judgment
and good business would never have
approved, and if we don’t put our
selves in political strength against
it, it may continue. In some in
stances we mgiht find that economy
can be .used, there might be a small
reduction in some salaries; in tihe
7 £<nffity: "
Our tax burden is resting with
crushing weight upon the shoulders
of some, While others are scarcely
feeling the weight; we need some
adjustment along this line with a
better equality of taxes.
Getting back to the county busi
ness the county commissioners, or
the office they hold, is not a pie
counter, nor is that office a foot
ball, but it is a position held which
has to do with the county affairs
and is very essential to its citizens,
and should he handled accordingly.
(Now as tlhe board will be partly
filled with new members, we feel
that these new ones are men of
efficiency, and capable of the trust.
Some of them the writer has recent
ly met, but one is an old acquaint
ance of his. In fact, I have known
one of them for life, and let us
hope that .he will be elected by a
great majority. I refer to Mr. E.
E. Walden of Moncure. I know him
to be a good business man, a good
thinker, honest and intel igent, a
big hearted man who knows the
value of a dollar, and believes in
economy, a man that to my personal
opinion will make Chatham county
a commissioner that .she will be
proud of if elected. So let us give
him a surprising majority on the
election day.
A. M. COTTEN,
Merrk Oaks, N. C.
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Clyde Hoey to Speak
at Siler City Saturday
The next big speech, and probably
the last big gun of the campaign
in Chatham, is that of Clyde Hoey
at Siler City next Saturday at 2:30.
Mr. Hoey is a real orator and it
will be worth the time of any man
who has never heard him to hear
a real orator speak, whether he is
on Mr. HoeyV side or not. ’ 'S .
PITTSBORO CIRCUIT
YEAR CLOSING
This important word to my
churches: Our Presiding Elder will
be at the Pittsboro Methodist church
Wednesday of next week at 2 p. m.
for a check-up hearing from the
churches on the charge on the
financial causes of the church. All
the officers, including treasurer and
Missionary committees, are expected
to attend and are urged to bring as
full report as possible.
The pastor’s final regular ap
pointments before the Annual Con
ference will be held at Pleasant Hil
and Chatham churches next Sun
day at 11 a.m. and 3 p. m.
respectively. He would urge every
member of these churches to be
nresent and strive to do their full
duty. Also, there wall be a service
at Moncure Sunday night, at 7:30.
at which time the vows of church
membership will be administered to
a class from the recently held union
revival in that community. To al
these services the public is cordially
invited.
J. A. DAILEY.
PITTS2ORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1930.
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Pliolos from Wide World Photos
PITTSBURGH PLEADS FOR CAREFULNESS
This wrecked auto, perched on a pedestal on a main througlifare in
’ Pittsburgh, Pa., is conspicuous so that all the motorists may see it. It has
twenty crosses on it, one for each child killed in the streets of Pittsburgh
1 during the year.
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i To Save Starving
Chinese Children
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An organization is being per
fected in Chatham county looking
to the raising of the county’s as
signed quota of $250 toward the
saving of starving Chinese children.
' General Albert Cox is chairman of
the state organization. Mr. Victor
> Johnson has ’been asked to serve
' as county chairman and Mr. W. L.
Farrell as county treasurer. The
' fund asked of the state is about
: $40,000, and that from the county
1 of Chatham $250.
That the ca> 1 for assistance is
' urgent is indicated by the follow
' ing telegram to General Cox from
' the National chairman, dated Sept.
24:
: “The following cable just received
: from National Child Welfare Assoc.
■ Administrative in China: Five-thou
: sand famine children dying daily.
• Dr. H. H. Kung, minister of In
r dustry, Commerce, and Labor and
Chairman of National Child Wel
! fare Association in China just-eon--
tributed $5,000. President Chiang
1 and all members of his cabinet, in
; eluding Dr. Kung, not only endorse
China Child Welfare work but are
* active y cooperating. Several thou
sand children in Hunan Province
undisturbed despite civil war dis
turbances. Work progressing. Sav
ing children’s lives depends on
amount of money received. Millions
of children in starving condition.
Hope North Carolina will respond
quickly and liberally to this urgent
appeal.”
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EDITOR HAS FAITH IN KUDZU
(Mecklenburg Times)
Eugene Ashcraft, editor of The
Monroe Enquirer, has for several
years been urging the farmers to
plant kudzu. Many of them have
done so. Mr. Ashcraft believes in the
plant and has some on his own fields
While we were in his office last Sat
urday he said that a group of farm
ers from 'Guilford county stopped
there to see his Kudzu while on their
way to . the Coker farms in South!
Carolina. After they had seen the I
kudzu, one of them said they had
seen plenty for one day and turned
around and went home.
Mr. Ashcraft says some people
complain about the harvesting of the
crop. His reply is that he can har
vest more kudzu by hand than
another man can pick cotton by
hand. No matter how you harvest
kudzu it is a cheaper crop to har
vest than cotton.
Mr. Ashcraft lhas bought $4,000.00 '
worth of Kudzu seed, and is paying |
for them himself. He has done this!
so that the farmers of Union and
surrounding counties may be as- j
sured of seed to plant this winter.!
and spring. So many farmers are
now interested in 'Kudzu that Mr.
Ashcraft is confident that he willi
be able to sell all the seed he has.
In several sections of the sand *
hills near Aberdeen kudzu has been j
rdanted on the bushy waste land.
The kudzu has covered the land and
in isome places has climbed the
trees ten feet high. It would make
fine pasture for cows or any live
stock, and the best kind of a
chicken range. Those who have seen
these fields know that kudzu will
make a wi> derness of the barren sand
hills and will support thousands of
cows for dairy or beef. Kudzu is
going to revolutionize that section
of the state.
Hallowe’en Festival
The annual Hallowe’en festival
will be held at the Pittsboro school
Friday evening, October 31. Now is
the time to begin to plan your cos
tume, and to prepare for an even
ing of fun. Many interesting fea
tures will be arranged for your
pleasure. Look for further announce
ments.
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Instead of a transfer from one
department to another, it may yet -
take both Amos and Andy to en- >
force prohibition.
Cancer Clinic
Pittsboro Oct. 29
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Dr. H. H. Bass, of Durham, who is
at the hjead of the American Socie
ty for Cancer Control in North
Carolina, assisted by Dr. W. B.
Chapin, will hold clinic for cancer
in Dr. Chapin’s office, Wednesday,
October 29, from 12 noon to 2 p. m.
AU persons wishing to be examined
should come. It is FREE. It is bet
ter to know in time to cure a cancer
than to wait till it is incurable. The
Health-Civic Department of the
Woman’s Club is sponsoring this
clinic. Another clinic wii 1 also be
held on Nov. 5, at the same hour.
There is nothing more important
than being on one’s guard against
cancer.
“Hoover Prosperity”
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To The Editor:
Republicans have always preached
with sustained persistency that their
party controlled, created, and di
rected the prosperity of this nation.
They have always contended that a
Republican President and a Repub
lican Congress constituted a positive
guarantee against unemployment,
low prices, depression, panics, and
hard times. Yet they say this de
pression is world wide, and is too
big for them to handle. What would
they say if there was a Democrat
President in power?
The unemployment situation is
being felt by this country as never
before. There are today 4,000,000
men walking the streets and roads
without work of any kind.
Dr. Albert Keister, speaking at
Burlington some time ago, said that
small families are the remedy for
unemployment. If there is no help
for the unemployment situation in
North Carolina, until the babiea are
reduced we will need no help then.
Is there no remedy except race
suicide?
Low prices.—The farmers are
practically paralyzed in the South.
The actual cost of raising cotton is
fifteen cents per pounds and yet
| the farmers are having to take i
j nine and ten cents for it. When a
farmer sells a bale of cotton, or a ]
bushel of wheat, he is just as truly
selling his labor as the man who
se Is his labor in a factory. The !
prices the farmer gets for his pro- '
ducts are his wages, but the farmers’ |
wages have been reduced enormous- :
ly by this depression. Cotton, wheat, ]
tobacco,' and almost all form pro- -
chiefs have gone down. There should
be no difference between the wages
and the wages of the factory em- :
ployee or any other class of working- 1
j men. -There is some help for this
depression, but it seems it will not :
ciome through the Republican ad- [
| ministration. There is no one that !
can say any complimentary things ■
about Mr. Hoover. Governor Gard- ;
ner in introducing him at King’s ;
Mountain a few days ago, used 5
1 only fifteen words. There was ab
solutely nothing that he could have |
said. ;
The tariff bill that Mr. Hoover,
signed has para! yzed the trade of 1
this country to a great extent. Mr.
Hoover, promised great things in his *
speeches, hut has fallen for short
of doing any of them. In this time
of depression there is nothing that ;
the country needs more than a *
(leader—one that has the laborer,
the farmer, and all working classes
at heart, Everything must have a
leader. Will there be a leader in the
White House in 1932? The pros
pect is good.
A READER, from
Carbonton.
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RAILROAD SHOPMEN
TO RETURN TO WORK
Bloomington, 111., Oct. 15.—Six
hundred Chicago & Alton Railroad
shop workers, idle since July, soon
wil return to their posts and the
hsop wil resume ful operatio, it
was announced Monday.
The first of the men will report
November 3 and the entire person
i nel was expected to be reengaged
» by Nov. 17. A five-day week sched
uie will remain in effect.
Mrs. Jennie Griffin
Dies at Age of 86
Mrs. Jennie Griffin, mother of
Mr. John Griffin who lives out on
the Goldston road two or three
miles died at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Ben Ward, at Lowe’s
Grove, Orange county, Tuesday
morning, Oct. 14, at the advanced
age of eighty-six.
The burial was at Chatham church,
a few miles below Pittsboro, on the
following Wednesday afternoon. The
funeral service was conducted by
pastor J. A. Dailey, assisted by Rev.
A. H. Porter, formerly pastor of
Lowe’s Grove Baptist church, now 7
of Bonlee.
In addition to Mrs. Ward and
Mr. John Griffin, mentioned above,
she is survived by her i£ons C. A.
and J. B. Griffin, of Durham, and
W. J. Griffin of Granite City, Illin
ois, and by her daughter Mrs. G. W.
Ward of Greensboro.
She was married twice, her first
husband living only a few months,
the Record is informed. She later
married Mr. W. S. Griffin, who pre
ceded her a number of years ago.
U. D. C.* Meeting
The regular meting of the Wtinnie
Davis Chapter of the United Daugh
ters of Confederacy was held at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Gregory on
October 10th, at three o’clock.
Upon arrival the members were
received in the living room, which
was beautifully decorated with a
profusion of brilliant flowers.
The meeting was opened w'th a
solo, “The Blue Bird” by Mrs. R. H.
Dixon, Jr.
This being the thirty-second an
niversary of the organization of the
chapter by Mrs. Henry A. London,
our beloved honorary president, who
passed away on the second of July,
the history of the chapter was read
by Mrs. E. R. Hinton.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved. Mrs.
F. C. Mann, the retiring treasurer,
gave a financial report.
Mrs. E. R. Hinton was appointed
chairman of the memorial com
mittee. December six was decided
upon as the date for our annual
bazaar; Mrs. J. C. Lanius and Mrs.
Newton Moore were appointed to
take charge of the articles. Mes
dames G. W. Blair, William Mc-
Ghee, D. B. Nooe, R. M, Farrell,
E. R. Hinton and C. C. Hamlet
were appointed on the refreshment
committee.
The president’s suggestion, that
each member begin a scrap-book
whereby any article of Confederate
interest might be kept, was favor
ably received.
Mrs. J. M. Gregory gave an ac
count of the U. D. C. Convention in
Raleigh. She expressed pleasure that
one of our members received two
prizes, twenty dollars in gold, for
the best essay on “The Last Days
of the Confederacy” and “The
Value of Fort Fisher to the Con
federacy.” Mrs. John Anderson won
a prize on “The Confederate Cab
inet.”
A report in detail of the State
Convention in Raleigh, written by
Mrs. J. W. Hunt, in her absence
was read by Mrs. Victor R. Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson, District Director, also
made a report of her District for
the year.
The next State Convention wil 1 be
held in Greensboro.
The chapter was delighted to have
as a visitor, Mrs. R. G. Shannon
house, who told of a recent visit
to the Confederate Women’s Home
in Fayetteville, the occasion of this
visit being to take one or our
Confederate women, Mrs. Lucy El
lington King, who will make her
home there. Mrs. Shannonhouse
said that the old ladies are by no
means idle, all busy with needle
work of various kinds. Mrs. Ina
Foust Smith, a Chatham County
Woman and who was at one time
a member of our local chapter, ‘is
matron of the Home. Several of the
U. D. C. Chapters have furnished,
rooms there. Our president suggest
ed that we begin now and finish
a room, which will in the future
be known as “The Winnie Davis
Room”. A box of preserves and
jellies will be sent to the Home
soon.
Mrs. J. R. Milliken has been
given a demit, as she wishes to join
the Sanford Chapter.
The secretary was asked to ex
press to Mrs. G. W. Blair the ysm
pathy of the chapter in the death
of her step-mother, Mrs. Lillie By
mim Blair.
At the conclusion of the business,
Mrs. W. B. Chapin sang, “The Sun
shine of Your Smile.”
Ce ebrating the birthday of the
Winnie Davis Chapter, a delight
ful social hour was enjoyed. In a
contest, Mrs. D. B. Nooe received
the prize, an attractive novelty.
The spacious rooms and halls
were decorated with flags and red
and white flowers. In the dining
room, the table was spread with
an imported lace cloth, the center
piece being the birthday cake with
its thirty-two burning candles, sur
rounded by red tapers in silver
holders. A delicious salad course
with coffee was served by the host
ess, assisted by Mesdames Nooe,
Dixon and Hinton.
Mrs. W. B. Chapin invited the
chapter to met with her in Novem
ber.
Cheer up! Bebcha it was worse
than this dn 1830. , . t
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Postoffice end All IL
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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 52
Wound Negro,
Officer in Battle
Buddy Jackson, Supposedly a
Pittsboro Negro, Shoots Po
liceman at Weldon and Is
Shot Dov/n by Members of
Gathering Mob, „
The following report of a tragedy
at Weldon evidently concerns a
Negro man raised at Pittsboro,
though the dispatch indicates that
the negro is from South Carolina.
Pittsboro’s “Buddy” Jackson has
been in Weldon and was working
at an oil mil) . His mother here had
not learned at Monday noon whether
it was her son. but confident that
it was. “Buddy” has no shining
record in this town.
The dispatch follows:
“An hour later Buddy Jackson, 30-
year old negro, shot and seriously
wounded Chief of Police J. R. Crews
who was attempting to arrest him
on a minor charge, a crowd of 200
armed men surrounded Jackson on
the outskirts of Weldon and shot
him down.
Tonight Chief Crews is in the hos
pital at Roanoke Rapids and in a
room in the same hospital is the
negro under guard. Both are ex
pected to (Sie. Chief Crews was shot
through the eye, the negro three
times in the stomach. In spite of
the critical condition of the negro
there were threats of mob action.
Chief of Police C. L. Maddy, of Roa
noke Rapids, who was on duty at
the hospital late tonight, expressed
the opinion that the seven guards
he has p aced in the hospital will
be sufficient tto foil any attempt at
lynching.
According to reports brought to
Chief Crew, this afternoon, Jackson
who is said to he a South Carolina
negro, held up an automobile party
of four negroes with a gun and re
quired them to drive him up town.
Grabbing the steering wheel when
he had gone as far as he desired
Jackson drove the car into the curb.
One of the other negroes ran for a
policeman. The call was answered by
Chief Crew and Deputy Sheriff W.
C. Mdtchel.
At sight of the officers, Jackson,
it is said, started shooting. Chief
Crew was unarmed but Sheriff Mit
chell gave him his own gun and the
chief returned the fire. In the ex
change of shots, one bullet struck
Chief Crew in the eye. The negro,
who it is believed was not wounded,
then ran.
Chief Crew was carried immediate
ly to Roanoke Rapids hospital and a
posse with town and county officers,
leading, formed immediately. Jack
son was located on the property of
the cotton oil mill on the outskirts
of the town. He had climbed to the
top of a feed house about 50 feet
high and over the edge of the roof
he pointed his pistol at the crowd
below, which by that time numbered
200 men, 50 or more of whom were
armed. At least that many shots
were fired at him, three of them
took effect in his stomach. Officers
then took the wounded negro in
charge, carrying him to the Roa
noke Rapids hospital, where it was
thought he would not live througn
the night.
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Mrs. Griffin’s Funeral
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A large crowd attended the fun
eral of Mrs. W. S. Griffin at Chat
ham church Wednesday, October 15.
Mrs. Griffin was one of the very
oldest natives of the community and
had been a member of Chatham
church since girlhood.
In the account of her death in
another column, the fact that she
was Miss Jennie Maddox before
marriage was omitted. She was a
daughter of the late John B. and
Nancy Maddox,- the latter remem
bered by many readers of the Re
cord. Mrs. Griffin was the oddest sis
ter of Mrs. C. F. Murdock. Her
first husband was Isaac Bright, who
was killed in the War between the
States. Four years later she mar
ried M r - W. S. Griffin, who was al
so a Confederate soldier. Mr. J. M.
Maddox of Durham is her only sur
viving brother.
Numerous grandchildren, great
grandchildren and one great-great
grandchild survive.
Court in Session
Very few cases have been tried in
time for report in this week’s paper
and the full account is postponed
till next week.
Judge Devin is on the bench and
is again proving himself a clear
thinking judge. Miss Speight is
here as stenographer.
The following arc grand jurym en:
W. E. Brooks, foreman, Clay
Whitehead, B. A. Perry. D. F.
Phillips, Dexter Sizemore, Will Nor
wood, George Thompson, Raymond
Moore, W. C. Henderson, J. W.
Phillips, J. B. Teague/ R. L. Beall,
Street Brady, O. R. Hilliard, O. G.
Gunter, Hugh Cole, L. G. Andrews,
W. C. Oldham.