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VOL. XXXIII.
OLD AND NEW YEAR.
' The old year lies a-dying"
and before The Record again
greets its readers the year
1910 will have closed with all its
joys and sorrows, its griefs and
pleasures, its blessings and its
afflictions. To many it has been
a year of peculiar joy and to oth
ers it has brought grief and sor
row, just as all the preceding
years have been. Such is life,
such it has ever been and such
it will ever be. Let us all for
the coming year "prepare for
any fate."
The past year has not been
particularly different from ite
predecessors. The world has
continued to make progress in
every respeet, and we are optim
ist enough to believe that each
year the world is better, that
people are better and happier
and more prosperous than be
fore. The average citizen now
enjoys conveniences and com
forts that were denied his ances
tors, and this is so apparent that
nobody wishes that his lot was
cast in any age gone by. While
the newspapers publish now
more crimes and casualties each
succeeding year, yet in propor
tion to population there are no
more crimes committed now than
in any previous period of the
world's history. We read of
more, because more publicity is
now given than formerly.
We will not attempt here to
give even a brief review of the
important events of the past
year. There have been floods
and fires and other casualties
that have destroyed thousands
of human lives and millions of
dollars of property, but no more
than heretofore in former years.
There ha3 been no great war or
pestilence during the past year
to make the year memorable in
history, and there has been no
general suffering or unusual af
flictions that would make the
year 1910 particularly prominent.
The University of Chicago L
again indebted to John D. Rocke
feller for a most munificent gift.
He announced last week a gift
of ten million dollars, which
makes his total gifts to that in
stitution amount to over $35, 000,
000. What an immense sum for
one man to give to one institu
tion of learning! What a pity
that some millionaire does not
give a million or two to the Uni
versity of North Carolina!
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER
-
Clerk's Annual Statement, Vi1 bearinff interest
28. 1910.
NO. 20.
RATES OF ADVERTISING;
On Square, one IosertIA $OjS
oe Square, two laairllou....
On Siutrci -ae natb
More crimes, accidents and
Sres occur during the Christmas
holidays than during the same
'ength of time at any other sea-
For L&rger Advertise
ments Liberal Contracts
will bo mado.
at G per cent
As receiver for the estate of
- Letter from Paris.
We copy the following extracts
frnm n lofr.pr tn hid naronra wrif-
sen by Lieutenant J. J. London uitm uakuiina, Chatham neauen, wmcti is m-
:rom Paris, dated December 8th. County In the Superior Court, i vested in real estate , mortgage
The battleshio iiaet after visit- - lo the Chairman ot the Board ot P-'r Qent.
ing France and England will County Commissioners of Chat
leave Friday for the Cuban wa- ham county:
ters for target practice: h J as. L. Griffin, Clerk of the
?on of the whole year. This . makes very good time, averag
sw. Vn 4.: .r ! ; fk w.n.n -C 4.1 i: j-
"Another officer and I have iust Superior- Court in and for said
returned from a trip from Brest county and State, do hereby sub
to Paris, the distance being about mit my 'annual report as follows,
300 miles, and the trip can be to wit:
made by night or day in about. The following amounts are in
10 hours. The sleeping accom- my hands due the following per
modation3 are so poor that most sons. to-wit:
of us went by day, leaving at 8 Judgment Docket "E." :
a. m. and arriving in Paris at 6 No. 449. Yarboro & Shep-
p. m. The railway is owned and erd $120 52 ,
operatea Dy the government and -No. 1039. Kobert Sev-
As receiver - for Grace Holt,
Claud Holt, Ralph Holt, Clvd.
Holt and Dora Holt, $G!J0, which
is invested in real estate mort
gage bearing interest at six per
cent.
As receiver for Flossie S Tilth,
Ada Smith, Bertha Smith. Lo
rena Smith and Roland Smith
$704.10 -J
AS. L. GRIFFIN,
Clerk Superior Court;
ear has been no exception, for
.he daily papers for several days
have been almost filled with ac
counts of most shocking crimes
and terrible accidents. Nearly
all of these crimes and accidents
are due to dnmkenne33. This is
a sad commentary on the deprav
ity of our frail human nature.
The idea of so many shocking
crimes being committed at the
season when the world commem
orates th birth of the "Prince
of Peace." at whose coming tha
angelic host proclaimed "Peace
on earth, and good will toward
men!"
Some very sensible and timely
suggestions are made by Attorney-General
Bickett in his forth
coming report to the General As
sembly, advance, sheets of which
have been published. He calls
attention to the delay of justice,
in many cases amounting to a de
nial of justice, in the postpone
ment of suits pending in our su
perior courts. He strongly urges
an increase in the number of
judges and also an increase in
their salary. We heartily en
dorse two suggestions made by
him, which would expedite the
trial of cases and also decrease
the expenses of the judges, as
follows:
"1. Let the State be divided
into two, large circuits, one for
the east and one for the west.
Such a division would greatly in-
Probably the most notable pro- j crease the capacity of the judges
sress made last year was in avi- Ior.: WOUi" Ufc u iar
ration, or sailing through the at-i d creserve the benefits ot
the rotating system, and remove
some of its burdens. The judges
would not hold the courts of a
district of tener than once in four
years, therefore such a division
can be made without a constitu
tional amendment.
"2. There should be, in each
circuit ten districts nine large
districts and one small one; the
judge riding the small district
can then be held in reserve as an
emergency judge, to be sent to
any county when the judge as
signed to hold the courts of the
county is incapacitated for any
reason. It is a costly and cruel
defect in our present system that
biosphere with heavierthan-air
gnachines. With,, the same pro
gress continued in a few years:
jaerial navigation will become al
jjnost as common as railroad or
steamboat transportation,
Irrbidding farewell to the old
year let us resolve to begin the
new year with renewed zeal and
determination to profit by the
experiences of the past and to
make our lives, and the lives of
all with whom we may come in
contact, better, happier and more
useful. In welcoming the new
vcar. "the new face at the door, "j there can not be a marriage, a
let us not forget the lessons
which were taught us by the old
year and strive to make amends
for all that was amiss last year
in our lives and conduct. To
those who were happy last year
we hope the new year will bring
increased happiness, and to those
who suffered or were afflicted
laat year we hope the new. year
will bring sunshine instead of
clouds and "all that they wish
come smiling around their sunny
way ! "
The Record extends the greet
ings of the season to all its read
ers and wishes for each and all a
Happy New Year!
Ths bravery oi nremen is not
surpassed by any other class of
men. and the fatality among
them is much larger than persons
think. Many a thrilling story of
unselfish sacrifice and heroism
might be published of the fire
men who risk their lives in res
cue of persons from burning
buildings.
At a fire in Chicago last week
twenty-five firemen were killed
in their efforts to extinguish a
fire, among them being a chief,
two cantains and five lieutenants.
At another fire , in Philadelphia
birth or a death in the family of
a judge without demoralization
to the public business. It would
be an ideal arrangement to have
two judges at large, but this
would require a constitutional
amendment."
'
Gar Sailors Enjoying England.
London, Dec. 24. Nearly 2,
ooo officers and men of the Amer
ican squadron are spending
Christmas ashore in England
and a similar number in France.
The men have been granted
leave of absence till Tuesday and
the officers until Wednesday. The
divisions in British waters will
leave Thursday and join the oth
er divisions off Brest on Friday.
Then the combined squadron
will sail for Cuba. The difficulty
of difference of language in
France has made friendship
making there slow, but the Bon
homie of the American s.aHors
insured a cordial Christmas hos
pitality. In England most of the men
made friends who invited them
to partake of Christmas dinner
on Sunday. The majority fra
ternized with British soldiers or
sailors, and will spend Christ
mas either in barracks or private
houses.
Most of the men on leave have
found their way to London. They
were seen on Christmas eve in
every principal thoroughfare,
usually with British soldiers or
sailors.
Leading residents ot Graves
last week fourteen firemen were
killpd and forty wounded, some en(i anfj tne adjacent district en
of them fatally. You cannot ; tertained 500 men from the
i riailv naoer without American ships lying m the
pick up any daily 1 . Thames on Thursday, and on
reading of some firemn Dem5i Friday officers of the division
killed at their posts of duty ancrgave an entertainment aboard
exhibiting a degree of heroism jthe Georgia which many Graves
unsurpassed by any soldiers, j end citizens attended. .
irg 30 miles for the entire dis
tance. The cars are smaller
than ours, having an aisle on the
side of the car with doors lead
ing from it into compartments
which are supposed to accommo
date 8 people. By paying the
conductor a dollar bribed him
to allow no one else to enter our 1
compartment where four of us
were seated. He managed to
keep others out until we neared
Paris.
"It rained throughout the run
to Paris, as it did nearly every
day in Paris and Brest. I never
heard of such a rainy country.
The result of so much rain is
that the country is kept green
looking, wjth no signs of fall or
winter as you now have at home.
Throughout these 300 miles, the
country is highly cultivated,
there being practically no wood
ed land. The land is divided
into small lots, with rocs, walls
and hedges separating them, so
that the landscape looks like a
checker-board. All the streams
we passed over were overflow
ing their banks and the sur
rounding meadows flooded.
All the farm houses with their
surrounding buildings, seemed
to be substantially built, mostly
of stdne, The people don't seem
to mind the rain, for they slop
around in the rain and mud wear
ing hoods over their heads and
heavy wooden shoes stuffed with
straw.
"Upon arrival in Paris we
drove in an auto-taxicab to the
Continental hotel, where rooms
without meals can be had from
$1.50 to $5 a day. I might as
uroll ctt fknf Vio on
were the cheapest things I found v ?rna-VVlS!?" SS
in Paris. For a distance of sav j S ; aisy Whitehead
6 66
8 20
more and Georgia Sey
more, each ::.::..:
Jadfment Docket "F."
No. 387. T. II. Coggins,
Ida Coggins, L. V. Cog
gins and M. L- Coggins
each.
Ella Austin, Nannie Lam
bert and Bettie Lam
bert, each ! 70
No. 463. Golev Johnson ....
No. 516. John Phillips.'..
No. 75. U. S. May and E.
A. May, jointly 3 86
No. 693. William Marks,
heirs 6 243
Judgment Docket "G."
No. 112. Jacob Rober-
son's heirs
No. 119. Sarah Harris'
heirs
No. 373. Booker heirs ...
No. 410. Ennis Brewer's
heirs
No. 531. Cole heirs
H. T. Crisco, A. N.
Crisco, Emeline Crisco.
Artenia Crisco, J. P.
Crisco and Eddie Cris
co, each 3 25
No. 738. McGirt heirs 20 58
No. 740. Ada Ray, Chas.
Ray, Atlas Ray and
Nancy Ray as a class. ...
No. 742. J. W. Teague's
heirs :
Mrs. Julia Leach
No. 747. Mary Dorsett 8 47
Judgment Docket "H."
No. 11. Pratt Stafford 15 15
No. 203. R. M. Johnson,
Alice Johnson, Page
Johnson and Julia John
son, each
No. 204 William B.Brown
No 263. Auhry Watson
Subiiribed and sworn to be-
fore me, this the 5th day of-De-rfiicember,
1910.
- C. D. MOORE,
Ch'n Bd. Co. .Commissioners.
I received and approved.
50 ! record of official reports for Chat-
I ham county. .
C. D. MOORE,
Ch'n Bd. Co. Commissioners.
NOTICE.
'Application will be made at (he next
session of the Cieneral' Assembly foi
the passive of a bill amending the
charier of the town of Merry Oaks sc
as to extend the corporate limits and
j for other purpose. .
1& It. J.-YATES
J Dee. 21, 1910.
Z Do
31 40
Mayor.
1 64
19 52
11 65
4 76
4 76
9 81
3 45
two miles the fare for two peo
ple was only 60 cents. In Se
attle I paid 12 for the same
thing. And the horse taxicabs
are cheaper still. We soon found
that everthing: else was very ex
pensive, and besides it took us
some time to get used to the
abominable custom of tipping.
You must tip the waiter at your
table, tip the man who holds
your overcoat for you, tip the
man who opens the cab door; in
fact, everyone expects a tip, and
is insulted if you give them too
little.
I won't attempt to tell you all
I did in Paris. I went sight-seeing,
as much as I hate it, in the
day and took in the theaters and
cafes at night In fact, I saw
many sides of Parisian life
Found that it lwa3 terribly ex
pensive and returned to Brest at
the end of 7 days, though I had
been granted 9 days."
22 31
34 13
15
35
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.-Hav-injr
qualiiimi as executor of iht
Ust will and testa aen, of Trubie I)
Morton ,dec'd, I hereny no ify a? I par
tons holding: ci&iuts aainsr said de
cedent to exhibit tbe satae to on or
before tie Uiriay of December, 1311.
This Dec. 5t h, I
JUNIUS E. WOMIUjE.
DURHAM & SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule in Effect May 2, 1909.
Mr. L- O. Russell, a highly re
spected farmer in Person county,
committed suicide on last Satur
day by blowing out his brains
with a gun. For several days
he had been brooding over a
small debt of $100-
Wants to Help Some One.
For thirty years J. P. Boyer, of Fer
tile, Mo., needed help and couldn't find
it. That's why he wants to help some
one nov. Suffering so long himself he
feels for all distress from backache.ner
vousness, loss of appetite, lassitude and
kidney disorders. He shows that Elec
tric Bitters work wonders for such
troubles. "Five bottles," he writes,
"wholly cured me and now I am well
and hearty." It's also positively guar
anteed for fiver trouble, dyspepsia,
blood disorders, female complaints and
malaria. Try tliem. 50c atU druggists.
Mr. Clarence H. MacKay, pres
ident of the" Postal Telegraph
Company and the Commercial j jjeirs of W. F. Johnson
No 475 Lva Harrington 5
No. 4 07. Wm. D. Brown 199
No. 444. Oscar Harden ... 25 00 j
.o. 622. Cassie Yates 124 54
No 626. Cassie Yates 49 77
NOi 633. Annie L. Brooks
Ricy Brooks, Munsey
Brooks, Gladys II.
Brooks, each 28 75
No. 613 Samuel Siier .... .. . 37 50
No. 881- G. W. Cain, guar
dian of Mary V. Wil
liams t; 195 00
No- 886. Ira Haith 20 00
U A. Haith 19 00
No. 888. Allen Haith, Ju
lia Haith, Callie Haith
and Ira Haith, each 7 52 10
No. 889. Bettie Marley .... 11 16
Julia Marley, Dorithy
Marley, George Marley,
Bunnie Marley and Del-
la Marley, each
No. 893. Julia Marley, Dor
ity Marley, Geo. Mar
ley, Bunnie Marley, Del
la Marley. each
Bettie Marley
No. 940. Manly Gunter . ..
No. 979- Lottie Riggsbee,
Lura C.Riggsbee, each ..
No. 981. Lizzie Mclver
and Emma Mclver, each
Judgment Docket "I."
No. 115. Lizzie Johnson ..
No. 117. Turner Price,
Harrison , Price, John
Price and Walter Price,
each-
No. J.45. Henry Burke,
Geo. Burke, Walter
Burke, Charles Burke,
John Burke, Mary
Burke, Lydia Burke and
Emma Burke, each
No. 54- Cline Moser
Received from John H.
Dark for Doran Dark ..
Gusta Thompson, Maud
Thompson and Mary
Thompson, each 10 80
Camelia Douglass and
Emma Deuglass, each ..
' Heirs of Lula Carrington
Southbound.
Head Do wn
No. 5. No 11
Mixed. Mixed.
ex.buti.ex.Sun.
A.M. P.M.
8.45
8.55
5.07
9. 2-3
'.i 4
4.;Vi
0.10
1.23
! 1 .50
iM
2.o."
VZ iu-
2.-VZ
l.iz
I ..J2
1.46
2.2o
.i.00
Northbound
lie; d Up.
No. 8. JSo. G.
Mixed. Mixed.
exBun. ex. Hun.
A.M. 1U
3.20 Lv Durham A r 12.(m 2.H
3.2 Lv E Durham TiV 11.50 1.5C
3.37 Lv Ovarna l 11.37 J.3-r
3.52 Ijv logo . Lv 11.20 1.15
4. 02 l.vCarp. nier Lv.i 107-2.Cf
4.10 LvUt.'ChurehJjv 11 00 12.45
4.25 A r Apex. . Lv 10-fiO 12.30
4.4u Lv Apex A r 10.35 2 10
4.56L.V II. Sp'ngsLv 10.08 11.E0
A.M.
Wilbou Lv 1(.08 1J.20
Varina Lv 10.00 ll.ro
Angier Lv S.4U 10.3
" Lv 9.28 10. i
Coats Lv 9.17 y.bf
0.04 L.v Turlington Lv 9.0.S
6.13 Lv Duke Lv 8.58
i..;0Ar Dunn Lv 6.40
5.0(5 Lv
5.14 Lv
5.32 Lv
5 45 Lv
5.57 Lv
y.4v
9.2
9.H
COXXECTIONS.
2
20
1 00
127 68
3 38
9 54
63 45
1 00
30
41 05
85 06
Cable Company, sent a woolen
sweater as a Christmas gift from
him to every messenger boy em
ployed by his company in Amer
ica, about 5,000.
Ends Winter's Troubles.
To many, winter is a season of trouble,
The frost bitten toes and fingers, chap'
ped liands and lips, chilblains, cold ; bearing interest at six per cent.
I As rpp.ftiver for Julius Polk.
50 00
75 00
1 00
Mrs. Mamie Burke, Mrs.
Josephine Temple, Mrs.
W. P. Dark, Mrs. T. M.
Johnson and Mrs S. C
Johnson, each 1 00
As receiver for James Fields,
Florence Fields and Charles
Fields, $732.81, the same is in-
I vested in real estate mortgage
sores, red and rouch skins, prove this. AS receiver lor JU11US 1'OlK,
But such troubles fly before Bucklen's Sallie Polk and Gertrude Polk,
Arnica Salve. A trial convinces. Great- $940, which is invested in real
est healer of burns, boils, piles, cuts, estate mortgage at 6 per cent,
uirpa. 7mi and imrains. Oniv 25c ut I As receiver f or Mary E. Ward.
all dmggistf 'f225i which, is invested in real.1
"' "'-.- .
No. 38 makes con ntt ion at Apex
wliti rsra.Uard Air Line .No. 3S loi
fl.i'.i igh, -Vorfoik, Richmond, Wash
iugion, f.aUimorv, Philadelphia, Nev
York an-.! all Xoithern points.
No. 4i makes connect it -u at Apex
with Seaboard Air Line No. 41 for San
ford, rinehurst, Southern Pines, Ham
let, Charlotte, Uoekingham, Athens,
Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery
and all points in the West and Houth
west; Columbia, Bavannah, Jfiekfon
ville, Tampa and all puiot.- in Fi;f iin.
RTiST SCHEDULE OUT OF Dl'HHAM To
THE SOUTH.
All tieke's are sold by thlst'ompany
and accepted by the passenger with
r.lie understanding that t his Company
vvill not be liable for failure to mn its
trains on schedule time, or for any
sush delays as may be incident to
their operation. Care is exercised to
give orr-pt time o'f cormectiug lines,
but this Comp ny is'nvt responsible
for err rs or omissions.
No Sunday trains,
f. B. STAGO, 3). LUMPKIN.
V ire-President. Gen. Pass. Agt.
General Olllce Durham, N.C
SEABOARD
Air Line Railway
SCHEDULE.
Effective May 15th. 1910.
Direet line between New York, Flor
ida, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis,
New Orleans and the southwest, sub
ject to change without notice. -
.Figures given below are for the in
formation of the public and are not
guaranteed.
Tiains leave Pittsboro as follows:
No. 22 ih-'-O a m, nonneci log at Mtn
cure with No. 33 fr Portsmouth
Norfolk, which connects at W'l
don with the A. C. L for Kastern
Carolina points, at Norfolk with
all st e inisbip lines for points north
No. 240- 4:00 p in. r .nin'cts at Aion
cure wjlhNn.41 for Charlotte. Wil
mington, At.'nlu, birminsdiaiu,
Memphis and piihi vest, No 11
connecting nl Mamlet with No. 13
for Jacksonville & Florida points.
No. 233 Will arrive at Pi'ltslJoro 11:20
a m coniifrcting with No. 11 lth
No. 3S from the south.
No. 241 Arrives f.t Pittsboi-o 0: 0 p
m. connecting with No. 41 from
poiiits north.
Trains between Moncure fnd Pitts
boro operated daily except Sunday.
For further information apply to It.
M. Poe, agent, Pittsboro, or w rilv to
11. B. LEA I tD'( . ,
Division Passenger Agent,
No 4 West. Martin W.,
. llaleiglJ. N. CL.
1
y New Year
To All
And
Customers.
W
L. London & Son.
f
on
iHAN CO,
-RALEIGH, N. C.
N3W FALL STOCK CP
1 ft
loinir ig
Cents' Clothiers and Furnishers.
latest Styles and Newest Models.
Our Chatham customers are invited to
M, make our store their headquarters when- &
ever they visit Haleigh.
4t !
- JOE. MANN
AT BYKUM
Thanks' his friends for the liher
eral patronage they gave him
during the past year and wishes
for them one and all a
Happy New Year.
31
SOUTHERN RAILWAY, ft
Through Connoctioi's for all OJVIj:
i OU118 ouuiu auu Hsi
1
Pullman Sleepincr Cars on
Through Trains; Diniug Car
Service.
ATTRACTIVE EXCL'TiSION
11ATKS
To
H PROCuriSD ANOCrCNI
. . fc"j it i 'rv- .vlrUw. livw to Oi. Ulu Ha
Brr. ndiDW,
'j.r.ti kud fr ttoport
COUNTRIES.
in itesn direct nUi ti'asuiton saves tim.
I 1-4 inttaev ami i-ftrn the ftiic:tt.
-i r.i'.... i i-.f j b ..t .1.. .
I L U'. lte oi oomo t un .xt
! p B3 Nmlb etrMfc. opp. V, :u 6Ut.pUmt Otto.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
It
FLO HID A; CUliA, ANDNUM-. Low Round Trip
. K HO ITS OTHKlt W.INTKU
Kioitrs.
For Ha.f(ity, con fort him! court,
cous triMitme.'if, hnvfl vi.i.
SiHithfin IJjiilway. UatH
' nch'Jules anl ollter irfinina-'
tion pJadly fiunish l.
11. II. DoF.utts
Travel inr Passenger Aen,
llaleigh, N. C.
II. F. Cary, .
Oeueral Passenger Agent,
ViUjhiDgton,D. C.
Christmas Holiday Rales
Via Seaboard Air Line.
Account (.'liriatriia holiday the
S''utjKird . Air lane announces luw
r. mi ml trip rates from all points ou its
liric. lt;tk-s will be on basis of 80 wv
e. ut double the one-way fares; tieLeis
v. ill be on Kale Deeeinbi r l-rth to lTtli
i ti-.i v 21.st to li",th inclusive, 1
:!l, ntul .hmunry UK VM. 1'i
ii. il return limit January Mb, 15 1 1.
I'or full information as to rates,
K 'ii! Ink's, ete., euN on your loealajrenl
of ;utlress the umlersitiueil.
H. y. i.KAUD,
DivULon iassiig-er Ant.
lUligh, N. C.