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The Daldain ; Record;
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1914.
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The sunny South!
Pittsboro is to have a big
land sale within the next few
weeks.
Nothing new has turned up
vet in the Pittsboro postomce
matter.
-Dr. H. T. Chapin lost a very
fine horse here by death one day
last week.
The warm "spell" in Febru
arv will have to hustle if it wants
to get here before March.
One thousand dollars to lend
rn eood security. Apply to H.
A London, attorney, adv
More improvements are to be
rra.de at the cotton oil mill here
as soon as the spring opens up.
If the present cold snap does
rnt break the "backbone" of
winter then it must have a very
tough one.
For sale: Une good young
horse. 2 years old April 14; color,
Hack: for cash. E. L. Perry.
Bynum, N. C. adv
You will save money by buy
icg those shoes fromR. J. Moore
hp fore the cost sale is out. Do
not wait, but buy now. adv.
Snow four inches deep and
the mercury down to nine de
arpps is enough to make a man
look to see how his woodpile
stands.
-Those gardeners who were
go buy last week planting their
gardens are getting all the cold
snaps they wish and earlier than
they expected.
The Elizabeth Hosiery Mills
vant twenty girls fifteen years
old and over; good wages and
nice clean work. Apply , to J. W.
Pegrarn, Supt. adv
Yesterday morning at seven
'clock the friermometer at the
government station here regis
tered 9 degrees above zero. Pret
ty cold for the beautiful sunny
south.
We learn that our former
county man, Mr. H G. Dorsett,
who has been practicing law a
few years at Spencer, has aban
doned the law and become a
Baptist preacher and has taken
charge of a church.
We now have a full line of
New Idea Patterns in stock. All
the new spring styles and any
staple pattern you want. The
only l(k seam allowing pattern
with a cutting diagram on the
market. -W.L. London & Son. ad
Who can now doubt the sa
gacity of. The Record's old
F.roundho? The snowstorm and
the severe cold weather of last
Friday must convince the most
incredulous that tha groundhog
knew what it was doing when it
went back into its winter quar
ters on the second of this month.
Go anywhere on the streets
of Pittsb-.ro and you wid find
orange, bp.nana and other fruit
peel and ref:se thrown upon the
sidewalks for pedestrians to slip
upon and receive a fall on the
hard paving. It i3 difficult to
conceive how anyone can be so
careless and so indifferent to the
comfort and safety of others.
- Mr. Har'owe Taylor's fine
birsl dosr committed suicide last
reek in a peculiar manner. In
order to keep him from running
about a rope had been tied to his
neck with a block attached, and
when the dog tried to jump over
the yard fence the block got
caught in the fence and he was
strangled by the rope around his
nck.
-His many friends will be
Pained to learn of the death of
Mr. J. W. Ray, which occurred
at his home about three miles
outh of here, on last Monday
tight, aged 79 years. He was
taken Thursday night last with
an acute attack of pneumonia
and owing to his age never ral
lied from z. lie leaves a widow
and tn children to mourn his
death.
Per&r:al Hens.
Mr. Lula Bland has returned
from a visit to her daughter at
Graham.
t Mi?s.5s Carrie Hill and Blanche
vVini;.m3 have gone to Baltimore
on business.
Mr. J. J. Peoples, who lives
near town, is confined to his
home on account of grippe.
Miss Elizabeth Womble has re
turned from Raleigh where she
has been on a visit to friends.
Messrs. Arthur Hackney and
Gienn Dorsett left yesterday for
Lynchburg on a business trir.
The Winnie Davis Chaser will
ha-
ve a 'call" meeting on Satur
day afternoon at
3:30 o'clock t
Mrs.' Henry A.
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fne residence of
London,
Snow and Cold.
Winter swooped down on this
pection last Friday with such se
venty as if determined to make
up tor the mild weather Tith:died last
wnich we had heen heretofore
favored, and that day was one of
tue mosi wintry days experi
enced nere in many vears. Snow
began 'to fall about midnight on
Thursday, the 12th, and in a few
hours turned into what is known
as 'hominy hail." which contin
ued to fall all day Friday and un
til nearly midnight, covering the
ground to a. depth of about four
inches, the crust of which was
frozen so hard as to bear a man's
weight.
All day Friday the wind blew
quite violently and seemed to
pierce through the human booy
with its biting cold. It certainly
was hard on man or beast ex
posed to it. The thermometer
showed a temperature of only
1Z degrees above zero at sunrise
and never went higher during
the day on Friday than 22 de
grees above zero. Next day
(Saturday) the sun -shone bright
and the cold moderated some
what. It is to be hoped that this
cold wave broke the "backbone"
of winter.
The snowstorm of last Friday
ecalls to mind the deep snow
just fifteen years ago. It began
snowing about noon on Saturdav,
the 11th of February, 1899, and
continued without intermission
until noon on Monday, the 13th.
about 48 hours. That snow fell
to the depth of about 16 inches
on the level, and was much deep
er in drifts. The weather then
was excessively cold, the ther
mometer indicating a tempera
ture of 10 degrees above zero at
sunset on Monday, the 13th of
February, 1899, and down to 10
degrees below zero at sunrise tht
next morning.
There was also very cold
weather and a snowstorm just 19
years ago, in February, 18yo.
that snowstorm was during out
February court, just as wai th"
deep snow in 1899, and as would
have been the snow of last week
if the last legislature had nc !
changed the time of holding our
court from February to January.
Contest Prizes.
Last 'spring several of the citi
zens of the town and county of
fered prizes to the farmers of
Chatham who raised the biggesi
yield of cotton and corn, and for
he benefit of those interesteo
we repuousn today the list oi
prizes offered:
W. L. London & Son offerer;
$20 in gold to the farmer in Cen
tre, Had ley, Hickory Mountain,
Baldwin. "Oakland, Haw River
or New nope townsaipsior me
argest average yield of cottoti
per acre of not less than 10 acres.
Air. R. H. Haves, 5 for same
townsnips, same yield, crop nor
ess than five acres.
The Bank of Pittsboro, $10 to
the farmer in the same town
ships for largest yield of corn
er acre on not less than ten.
The Chatham Oil and Fertilizer
Co., ton of fertilizer for largest
yield of cotton on one acre.
Mr. Jas. H. Kidder, $20 to the
armer in Centre township for
best yield of corn on one acre, $5
for second best.
Mr. James L. Griffin. $10 for
greatest average yield of cotton
per acre o entire crop.
J. J. Johnson & son, 14-tootn
cultivator to the farmer of Cen
re township, for five best ears
seed corn.
Messrs. John W. Johnson and
H. M. London; each 5 to the
best one-hor3e farmer making
he largest yield.
Atwater & Lambeth, half ton
'Coon Brand'- corn guano for
argest yield of corn on an acre
in Baldwin township.
A. M. Goodwin, of Merry Oaks,
a plow for best 12 ears of corn
raised within four miles of his
store.
The following rules govern the
contests:
1. All citizens living in the ter
ritory for which a prize is offered
are eligible to compete.
2 All acres entered in contest
must be accurately measured and
marked off with stakes
3. There will be no restriction
as to when planted, how cultivat
ed or amount ot fertilizer used,
or when harvested.
4. All corn must be weighed in
the ear and all cotton in the seed.
Roof Crushed In.
On last. Friday night about 7
o'clock, during the rain, hail and
sleet, the top of the barn of Mr.
B. Nooe near the depot, in which
9 cr 10 mules were confined, gave
way on account of the heavy
snow, and fell to the floor. As
the top fell in luckily it parted in
the middle, the sides clos.
ing up the stalls, leaving the
middle of the barn open. One
old mule was caught in the mid
dle of the open spaee but was
not scratched, the only way he
suffered was from the falling
rain and sleet, as he had to stand
in the open all night and was
full of icicles Saturday morning
when found.
Thirteen men have announced
themselves' as candidates for
governor of Texas. Rather an
unlucky number. .
Old Ckathamite Dead.
We much regret to hear of the
i death of our former townsman.
Mr. "John
Prlopidas Leach, who
Wednesday Bight at
Litrlprnn whprp V.p Kn n
i siding for several years, and his
age was sixty-nine vears. He
was born and reared at this place,
and after the war moved to Ral
eigh where he was in the mer
cantile business for several years
with his brothers, George and
M. T. Leach, and afterwards
moved to Littleton.
During the war he was a gal
lant Confederate soldier and fol
lowed the . fortunes of the army
of Northern Virginia to the sur
render at Appomattox Court
House. He was one of the sharp
shooters that lead the assault
and capture of Fort Stedman on
the morning of the 25th of March,
1865, and acted with much gal
lantry. His remains were inter
red in the cemetery at Raleigh.
Paid His $150.
Champaign, 111.. Feb. 15.-
Paul F. Meharry and Miss Stella
B. Dougherty were1 married at
f airmont and before the cere
mony the bridegroom gave $150
to each ot three former chums
and associates in the University
of Illinois, of which all four are
graduates. This was according
to an agreement that such sum
should be given by the first of
the four to marry.
Greensboro has a segregation
ordinance. A negro named Wind
sor rented a house from his sis
ter in a white neighborhood and
started to move in. The citizens
objected and appealed to tht
commissioners hence the adop
tion of the ordinance. It may
nave to go to the courts befort
cne matter is settled, as the ne
gro had part of bis furniture in
i he house before the ordinance
vas adopted.
The case ef B. F. Penny, who
.vas shot by a negro on an At
lantic Coast Line train 16 years
igo. who is suing that road for
j35,000 damages, and which has
just been tried in New Hanover
superior court, has been appeal
ed to the supreme court. This
makes the ninth time this case
ns been appealed.
Senator A. O. Bacon, of Geor
gia, died in a Washington hos
pital last Saturday after an ill
aess of only ten days. He had
een in the Senate 19 years. He
vas a gallant soldier, a brilliant
i iwyer, and had attained a na-uon-wide
prominence.
The Underwood-Hobson cam
paign for U- S. senator, which
has been going on in Alabamtt
. .
tor tne past seven montns, is
irawing to a close. The prima
ries take plake April 6.
Recognized Advantages.
You will find Chamberlain's Cough
tiemedy has recognized advantage
ver mast medicines ii: use f r roughs
dnd colds. It does not suppress a
cough bat lessens and relieves it. It
aids ex peat ration and opens tne ;se
c;eti!i, whicii enables the aysteai t
-hrow oii a co d. It counteracts nny
tendency of a cold to result in pneu
monia. It contains no opium or other
narcotic, and mav be given to a child
ag confidently as an adult. "or sale
v all dealr8. adr
A divorce suit is pending in
the superior court of Currituck
county between a married couple
about eighty years old.
Letting His ight Shine.
If anybody wanted to fe somethrnsr
curious Jufrt oome with him. the mar
ble .cutter said. Somebody did. So h
led tbe way to a monument that had
Inscriptions pngravpd in three lan
jruaffes Enplish. German nnd Elebrew
"Same thins: in each one." .he said
"You can se for yourself what It says
In Knjslish a jjood citizen. trood fn
ther.a good husband, nnd peace to his
soul. The relatives had that eulogy
printed in all three languages because
their friends are kind of mixed on
tongues. Some can read one thing and
some another, and he was too good a
man for anybody to pass by unaware
of his virtues simply because they
couldn't read the language on tb
tombstone.' New Yok Press.
Feel Miserable ?
Out of sorts, depressed, pain ia the
back E ectric Hiners renews roar
health and strength. A. guaranteed
liver and kidney remedy. Money back
if not satisfied. It completely cured
Robert Mads n, of West Burlington',
Iowa, who suffered from virulent liv
er trouble tor eight months After
four doctors gave him up he tok
Eieetrie Bitters and ia now a well
man. Gat a boUle today; H will do
the same for you. Keep in the house
tor all livtr and kidney complaints.
Perfectly safe and dependable. Its
results wiil surprise you. 50;aud$l.
H. E. Uueklen & Co., Philadelphia or
St. Louie, adv .
Mr3. S- D. Watkins was fatal
ly burned and Mrs. W. R. Weeks
was very badly burned last week
at New Bern when they attempt
ed to start a fire in a stove by
pouring gasoline from a can,
which they thought contained
kerosene.
Colds and Croup in Children.
Many people rely upon Chamber
lain's Coujfh Kemedv implicitly in ca
ss of colds and croup, and it never
disappoint, them. Mrs E.H.Thom
as, .Logansport, Ind., writes: ! have
found Chambi-rla in's Cough Remedy
to be the best medicine for colds and
croup I have ever used, and never tire
of recommending it to my neighbors
and friends,, -1 have always given it
to my children when Buffering from
croup, and it has never failed to give
them prompt relief." For sale by all
dealers, adv
The School News.
MISS HJSN'RIE rrA MORGAN,
' Class Editor.
Webster says that "slang"
means low, vulgarized, unau
thorized language. Yet this is
the sort of language that is used
by many of the boyi and girls,
and even the men and women, of
today. The most frequent slang
expressions have their origin in
baseball games and horse races.
Slang is demoralizing, li one
uses good, pure language, his
deeds are apt to be clean and
wholesome. Yet boys and girls
seem to think that there is some
thing smart and "catchy" about
the use of slang, and so the habit
is formed while they are young.
When they grow older they are
almost sure to regret it. But a
bad habit formed in youth is not
easily cured.
It was suggested that the boys'
baseball team play with Carthage
about the time of the debate
All of. the boys interested held a
meeting at the auditorium. As
two of the boys will.be at Pleas
ant Garden at the proposed time,
it was decided that the game
here would be played at a more
convenient time. Many seem to
be interested.
The first snow of the whole
school term was here in full force
last Friday. It was so cold that
no one even thought to play snow
hall; indeed, it was exercise and
fun enough to keep one's bal
ance while walking to and from
school. ' r ;
Saturday was the real Valen
tine's Day, but at school, Friday
took its place. It does not seem
jatural that Valentine's Day
should happen to be other than
a school day; and those who
make valentines to put into the
fesks of their schoolmates do
not like to be deprived of the
pleasure. -
There will be a play by some
of the larger pupils among Wed
nesday afternoon's exercises.
"
We seem to have two visitors
?very time; perhaps we shall
lave four next time.
A Winter Coogh.
A stubborn, annoying, df-pressing
ijough hangs on, rcks the body, weak
ens the lungs, and often leads to seri
us results. The first dose of Dr.KingV
vew Discovery gives relief. Henry I),
anders, of Cavendish, Vermont, wa
hreateuod with consumption, afVr
aving p; eum'onia. He writes: "Dr
King' New Discovery ought to be ii
-very .'amily; it is certainly th; best
f all rueWicines for cough, elds r
ung troubie.'? Good for ehildrenV
oughs. Money b ck if not satisfied.
Oc and $1. At. all druggists or by mail.
'-I.E. Hucklen & Co., Philadelphia
ir St. Louts, advt
"General" Charles T. Kelly-
is to lead several hundred un-
mployed men on a tramp from
San Francisco to Washington in
the near future.
The Mayflower, the president's
yacht, has been ordered to the
Mexican waters.
How to Prevent Bilious Attacks.
"Coming events cast their shadows
before.' This is especialh trueofbil-
fUK at.ln.plrs. Your fiunelita will fail.
v ri " . . - - - - i
you wdl feel dull and languid. If you
re subject to bilious attacks teke
three of Chamberlain's Tablet s as soon
s these symptons appear and the at
tack may be warded off. For sale by
all dealers, adv
In a gambling game near Stan
ton burg, on last Saturday, Frank
Tart shot and killed Will Brown.
Tart was captured.
The Kin? of AU Laxatives.
For Constipation, use Dr. King's
New Life Pills. Paul Mathulka, of
Buffalp, N. Y., says they are the
kin ' of all laxatives. They are a
blt-ssingto all my family and I al-
wavs kt-ep a box at home." Get a box
and get well again. Price 26c. All
diuggisKt or by mail. H. E Bucklea
& Co., Philadelphia or 8r. Louis, adv
pRED. W. BYNUM,
LAWYER,
PITTSBORO, N. C
Practices i State and Federal Courts.
Offices over Dr. Chapln's office.
LAND SALE. -By virtue of an
order of the superior court of Chat
ham county, n the cause entitled, "J.
T, Henderson' and others versus w.'M.
iiuckner and others," I will, at the
court-house dqor in Pittsboro.N. C, on
Saturday, March 21st, 1914,
offer for sale to the highest bidder the
tract of land described in the pleadings
in said cause, lying and being in Had-
ey township, Chatham county. Is. C.
First tract: Bounded on the west by I
tne labels or l. A. Durham; on the
north by the Love land, now owned
by Walter Mann and Wade Mann; on
the east by Zeb Dark and on the south
by the lands of the late Hiram Hen
derson, containing. about 10D acres.
Second trac-: Lung and. being in
said township and county and bound
ed on-the north by the lands of Zeb ,
Dark; on the east, south and west by !
the lands of Hiram Henderson, de-!
ceased, containing about 56 acres, and
ctiown as the Lottie Mann land.
Terms of sale: One-half cash, bal
ance in 6 months, deferred payment to '
bear interest at 6 per cent per annum.
Title reserved till all the purchase
money is paid. i
This the 14th dav of February, M14.
tL H. HAYES,
Cosuaissiamtf.
RAMBLER'S MUSINGS
No. 5.
Editor of !e Record: ,.
Is it not aggravating for a man
to sit down and build air castles
and then have a puff of wind
blow them into a - thousand
pieces? That's what Rambler
did, or rather let his imagination
take him a hundred years ahead
to see the "new" Pittsboro.
What he thought he , saw was
enough to make most any of the
people here today wish they could
live that long. But it is not to
be, and although one hundred
years from today - Pittsboro may
have a population of 50, 000 souls,
may have factories, paved streets,
trolley lines and everything up
to date, not a living soul here to
day will be here then. - Every
single person man, woman, child
will be dead and forgotten.
'Then while we are living to
day why not let us make the
best of it? Let us get some of
the pleasures and advantages
that the people a hundred years
hence will be enjoying.
(Jther towns are growing, why
not this one?- People here want
industries to come: they want
people to move here: they want
paved streets and they want
good roads leading into town.
Bat strange as it may seem
and bad as they wish for these
things, some of them put a check
to the growth of the towN when
a person proposes to buy land
and build here. If you buy my
land, they say, you must pay for;
it. I don't blame a man for try
ing to get all he can for his land.
It is natural that he'd want to do
so, but there are times and places
where a little foresight could be
used in reducing their property
value. It would be more bene
ficial to them in the long run.
help reduce their taxes, fill up
the vaeant places and cause Pitts
boro to start to grow. Some peo
ple never stop to think of old
man Malaga Grapes. He owned
land, had money, horses, every
thing, and he probably thought
he'd take it with him BUT HE
DID NOT.
Tell me why dirt in Pittsboro
should be priced so high and I'll
tell you why there is no money
at the end of a rainbow.
If Pittsboro was filled with
manufacturing plants; if it even
had a population of 10,000; if it
had electric lights, paved streets,
water, sewerage and no hog pens,
people might have some cause for
raising the price of their proper
ty, and unless property owners
place a fair value on their lots.
people will not come here, nor
will anv enterprises, which so
many people crave, ever be start-
d here, and the owners of these
high-priced lot will go the way
of their fathers. It is true it
can be left to their children.
Malaga Grapes did that very
thing.
Rambler knows of a case where
the owner of 300 acres of land is
old and feeble. He cannot work.
But before he'd sell that land
for $4,000, which he has been of
fered, and place the money at
interest he rents it for the mag
nificent sum of $90 and has to
pay the taxes on it.
Why not cut up his big farm
into fifty-acre plots, if he does
not care to sell, and rent them
out. He could get at least $25 a
year for each farm and there
would be six ears of corn grown
where only one is grown now.
Everybody to his own no
tion." said the groundhog, as he
went into his hole to escape the
snowstorm.
- RAMBLER.
COFFINS and CASKETS
A full stock of Coffins and
Caskets always on hand arid
sold at all prices. All kinds
and sizes.
B. NOOEt
PITTSBORO, N. C
Wood's Maine-grown
Seed Potatoes
are specially grown for seed
purposes. We ffer superior
stocks of all the best and most
productive varieties:
Wood's Earliest, Irish Cobbler,
Improved Early Ohio,
Extra Early Sunlight,.
Bliss Triumph,
suxd all other standard kinds.
Wood's Descriptive Catalog
lor IV14, gives full descriptions and
information, and also tells, about ail
ibobest
farm and
Garden Seeds.
Catalog mailed free. Write for it.. '
T. W. WOOD & SONS.
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
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our hearty thanks for their past patronage. With
our increase in capital we are in better position to
serve them and invite them to make tills Bank their
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FrostProof Cabbage Plants.
Can be planted in the open ground any time during the months
of February, March or April. Freezing weather will not injure
them, and they will mature headed cabbage two to four weeks
earlier than home grown plants.
We want . the people ' of our community to learn from actual
tests the profits to be mad growing early crops of cabbage from
these plants.
We have contracted with Wm. C. Geraty Company, of Yontrea
Island, S. C, to grow us a supply of plants for delivery during the
months of February, March and April. Varieties: Early Jersey,
and Charleston Large Type Wakefield, Suvtt-ion and Early Flat
Dutch. Prices: By mail postpaid 35c per 100 or $3.50 per 1,000
plants. By express (buyer paying the express charges which are
very low) 500 plant3 for $1; in lots of 1,000 to 4. 00 at $1.50 per
1.00C): lots of 5,000 and.over at $1.25 per 1,000 plants. Shipment
direct from growing station at Yonges Island, S. C. Plants guar
anteed to reach you in good condition and to produce satisfactory
crops of headed eabbage, or we will refund purchase price.
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Terms cash with order. No shipment sent C. O. D.
As a further inducement to introduce the plants and to increase
the circulation of our paper we will give 100 plants postpaid free .
for each new yearly cash with order subscription. By getting us a
few new subscribers you can secure what plants you need free.
Send order direct to us and we will forward to growing station.
Chatham Record, Pittsboro, N.C
Banking Your Money
REGULARLY AT 'THE
Bank of Pittsboro
not only keeps you from spending it, but Bares it for future
use, whether for business, pleasure or timo of need!
SAFE, SURE AND SECURE.
It is Saving and Depositing regularly that makes your
account dollar upon dollar increase rapidly we add 4 per
cent interest. Commence Banking today.
CAPITAL - $10,000
Surplus and Undivided Profits $7,000
W. L. LONDON,
President
DIRECTORS :
JAS. L. GRIFFIN
A. H. LONDON,
W. J. WOMBLE.
W. L. LONDON,
R. H- HAYES,
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M. T. WILLIAMS
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H. A. LONDON,
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