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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1917.
LOCAL RECORDS
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Do not forget to write 1917.
Only two prisoners in Chat
ham jail.
Easter comes this year on
the 8th of April.
Already the afternoons are
growing perceptibly longer.
Brick work on Pittsboro' 8
new hotel is progressing slowly.
Did you see thp two rainbows
early last Monday morning? They
were very pretty.
Many packages of liquor
were received at the express of
fice here during the holidays-
Pittsboro is getting to be
quite a rabbit market. Several
hundred have already been ship
ped from here this season.
On account of the scarcity
of cotton the Chatham Oil and
Fertilizer Company will gin onlv
on Fridays, beginning next Fri
day, January 5th.
-Congress and the legislature
are both now in session, and
every voter in Chatham ought to
read The Record during their
sessions nnd keep posted as to
their proceedings.
The young people of Pitts
boro grave a New Year's dance in
Womble's hall last Monday night.
It was a very enjoyable affair.
Refreshments were served dur
ing the evening.
Many thanks to ms fiiends
and customers for the liberal
trade which they gave me in
1916 And here is wishing them
health, hapDiness and prosperity
for 1917. R. J Moore, adv m
Up to the 13th of last iuortfa
5.900 bales of cotton had been
ginned in the county, compared
wih 5.811 bales ginned up to the
same date the vear before. It
thus seems that the crop of 1916
was some larger than the crop of J
mo in ins county.
While attending a sale of
stock at Mr. Wes. Lynn's last
Saturday, Mr. James M. Keck,
in turning quickly to get out of
the way of a mule, fell and shiv
ered one of the bones in his an
kle. He was taken to his home
and Dr. Chapin dressed the
broken limb,
A sales stable for horses and
mules has been opened here by
Vinson. Warren & Company with
James O. Brown in -barge. Hor
ses weighing from eight to thir
teen hundred pounds and mules
of all sizes. All are guaranteed
to work. If vou need a horse or
mule call at their stable, adv
In this issue we begin the
publication of the annual state
men; of the receipts and exten
ditures of this county. This state
ment is worth preserving for fu
ture reference All the taxpay
ers of the county are interested
in the manner in which their tax
es are expended, and no doubt
they will closely scan the items
published in this statement.
During the year 1916 there
were onlv five deaths in Pitts
boro, three white and two color
ed. The aces of the whites were
80. 77 and 78 years. 0 the two
colored people who died, one was
91 and the other 23 years old.
During the year there were 12
births seven white and two col
ored, according to the registra
tion books of S. D. Johnson, reg
istrar of births and deaths for
Pittsboro.
Although he is seventy-six
years old Mr. Charles Eubank?,
of this township, is one of the
most active and successful hunt
ers in this county. Last Satur
day he went hunting and return
ed with 25 squirrels, seven rab
bits, four partridges and a large
o'possum. He caught most of
the squirrels by climbing trees
and catching them in their nests,
and the 'possum was caught in
the same way.
Some good sized pigs have
been killed in Chatham this win
ter, but the larg st hog that we
have heard from was the one
killed a few days ago by Mr. J
L. Goodwin, of Cape Fear ton-
shin, which tiDDed the scales at
644 pounds. This hog was 16
mont s old. Another one was
killed in the same township, own
ed by Mr. John Gunter, that
weighed 554. This hog's age
was not learned.
Last Saturday afternoon a
party of young ladies and men
were out hunting and stopped at
the store of Will Fields, near
White's bridge. One of the la
dies, Miss Blanche Welch, rest
ed the muzzle of her gun on her
foot. In some way the gan fired
the load of shot passing through
her foot Dr. Chaoin, assisted
by Dr. M. M. Burns, of Smith
field, dressed the wound. The sec
ond toe of the lady's foot had to
be amputated an t the foot other
wise was badly lacerated.
, PeJ Mention.
I Mr. Fletcher Mann has return-
ed from Goldsboro.
I Miss Mvrt-lo Pilb-inn.. :
. - . j "ttiunwu is vis
iting friends in Concord.
Mrs. Mary A Barber has re
turned from a visit to Rock Hill,
o. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Farrell
nave returned from n visit tr
Bayboro.
Mrs. George Brroks has gone
on a visit to Mrs. Archie Brooks
at Hamlet.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Edwards,
who have been visiting relatives
here, have returned to their home
at Togo.
Mr. A. C. Rav has ovine tn
Raleigh to attend the sessions of
the legislature, of which he is a
member of the House from this
county.
Colored Celebration.
The colored people had their
usual emancipation celebration
here last Monday as they have
been accustomed for many years
and all seemed to enjoy the oc
casion. The weather was not
favorable, but despite that there
was a large crowd in attendance
and all were well behaved and
orderly.
There was a light rain or sleet
earlv in the day, but later the !
fun tried to shine out but the
clouds obscured it most of .the
day. On account of the weather
there was no parade but a large
crowd assembled in the court
room where the exercises were
held. The main address was de
livered by Rev.'W. W. Long, the
pastor of Mitchell's chapel, and
there was much vocal music by
several choirs Two brass bands
added much to the pleasure of
the day. There was one from
Mitchell's chapel and the other
from this place. After the ex
ercises in the court room were
finished the brass bands march
ed up the imvn street, on oppo
site sides, and played a number
of tunes, as if in friend 1 rival
ry. We were pleased to note
that the Pittsboro band had im
proved greatly and played well.
Sanford Woman Seriously Burned.
Sanford, Dec. 31. Mrs. Ken
neth Yow was seriously if not fa
tally burned Saturday afternoon
at her home near the Sanford
cotton mills. She was standing
before an open fireplace, dress
ing a little child with her beck
to the fire when her dress caught
fire. Not being able to extin
guish the flames, she rushed out
of the building, and was caught
by a gentleman passing the
house at the time, who soon
had the burning clothing torn
from her, but not until her
body was badly burned. The
people at the mill saw the flames
and thought the house was on
fire and turned in the alarm,
which soon brought the entire
fire department to the scene.
Die from Asphyxiation.
Elizabeth, N. J.. Dec. 28.
John W. Davis, sheriff of Oco
nee county, South Carolina, and
Wm. C. Foster, superintendent
of prisons of the same county,
were found dead today from the
effects of inhaling illuminating
gas. The officials had come from
Walhaila, S. C, to take back
John Walker, a negro, accused of
murder in Madison, S. C. The
police are convinced their deaths
were pccidental.
A Lenoir furniture company
recently shipped a car load of
furniture to a firm in the Pana
ma canal zone,
On January 8 there will be a
total eclipse of the moon, begin
ning at 12:50 a. m. and ending
at 4:39 a. m.
Jas. H. Stone, aged 70 years,
was struck by an automobile at
Cary Saturday and died Sunday
afternoon.
Greensboro's new hotel is to
be called "The O Hfery"
The Woman's
Friend
Brrkrv TAr nrTic7ATC
MIK JOE PERSON J
lfl W wwvn
Remedy
wonderful record for 35 years as blood
cleanser and tunic;'
For sale bv G- H Pilkington. Ask
your druggist or write
Person Remedy Co.,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Send for free testimonials. Price
$1.00 per bottle, 3 for $2.75, 6 for $5.00
prepaid.
H. B. McKINNEY .
TELLS MOTHER'S
JOY ON TANLAC
SATS PARENT LIVED ON EGGS
AND FLUIDS - TANLAC HELPS
HER TO REGAIN HEALTH
"Mother says: 'If only one
bottle of Tanlac has helped me
so much, what will my condition
be when I have taken three or
four bottles of it?' and we are all
glad to be atyle to tell what Tan
lac has done for her," M. B. Mc
Kinney, of 322 East Martin
street, Raleigh, said.
"For over 10 years mother suf-
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;rEr?.inaiJno? "a 8tom-
weak and helpless each vear and
tu uuuuie. one xrew more
finally she was compelled to ex-
ist on fluids and eggs. She was
nervous and could not sleep.
Nothing helped her until a friend
got her to try Tanlac.
"You would be astonished to
seethe change -her appetite is
better and she is gaining in
strength and weight, sleeps well
and can eat almost anything she
likens without having to suffer, as
she did."
Tanlac is sold in Pittsboro by
George Pilkington exclusively;
Moncure, C. B Crutchfield; Siler
City. Siler City Drug Co.
The School News
LILLIAN RAY, Class Editor.
The following poem was writ-
ten by one of the school's "old
girls." She has been kind enough
to let us print it:
WINTER.
The trees are bending down 'neath
arms of ice,
The strongest blast cannot appease
such wot;
The sunbeams peeping out like shy
white mice,
.re dimmed and chilled so that
they, too, must g.
For grayness hovers o'er the captive
earth,
And like some evil portent looming
'uaong the clouds,
la stilling now the forest's deep-toned
mirth,
While field and meadow put on pur
pie shrouds.
Oh, where is Light and Dancing Beau
ty gone?
The tlowers twinkling 'neath the
leaf-bound trees?
The birds that used to usher in the
morn?
The grasses tossing most like angry
seas?
A swarm of snow Hakes come a flut'-
ring down,
A whitening, whirling mist shuts
out the light,
It clears a fairy palace all the earth
around,
And eyes once more agleam at
Beauty's sight.
H. M. M.
We are very glad to know that
most of the high school pupils
Mondav, A few are still out but
hope they will come back. We
were also glad to have seveal
new students to enter Monda .
All the pupils of Miss Utley's
room were present last Monday.
This is a good beginning for New
Voar'a rnv rtnrl top hnnP thaf
they will keep this up through
fi, n,
Only four pupils of the fourth
and fifth grades failed to be in
MuAAi Mnxiion
Skiiuui loot Hiviiuaj .
Miaa Hor.ric. tfo Unro-an nr
tended the opening exercises
Monday.
The school will miss Mr. Cra
ven's good talks very much We
aro "sorry to lose Frank and Eliz
abeth Craven, a hey will be
greatly missed.
Dr. W. T. Paul, Confederate
soldier and physician at the sol-
diers home at Kaleigh, commit-
ted suicide 'there Monday by
shooting himself.
The child labor law went into
effect in South Carolina January
1, releasing 2.400 children under
J4 years of age.
There were 54 persons lynghed
n tbe United States During 1016
two of them being in North
Carolina.
Rubbing Eases Pain
iifig r?gs tne nmmem
tingling through the flesh Rfid
quickly gtops pain. Demand a
liniment that you can rub with.
The heft rubbing liniment is
MUSTANG
LA mm mm mm n mm
.l. a,,.
GoQdfdr the Ailments of
Horse, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Qood for your own Aches,
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
25c 50c. $1. At all Dealers.
Annual Statement
Office of Board of County
Commissioners,
November 30th, 1916.
In accordance with section 1,
388, of the Revisal of 1905, I
herewith submit the follow- in
statement of the finances of Chat
ham county, ending November
30tb, 1916, together with the
names of aU persons who receiv
ed county orders, with the amount
of each and what account.
JOHN W. JOHNSON.
Ex-officio Clerk to tne oard of
Commissioners.
ASSETS ON GENERAL FUND.
Tax list for the year
1906 ... $14,950 30
Marriage license tax 107
50
75
00
00
00
00
00
00
Hotel keeper tax 2
Coffin dealer's tax
30
"1n0"Vxe&U0W8
Tl?"vr 2
W liUU J
b ire works 10
Livery stable
Total $15,180 55
INDEBTEDNESS ON GENER
AL COUNTY FUND.
Orders. outstanding $ 8,346 59
Expenditures.
Amount of orders is
sued $15,629 43
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
Contracted March 19, 1905, $20,
000; $2,000 of the 1905 bonds da.
April 1st, 1915. and $2,000 due
annually theieafter: paid $4,000.
Contracted April 1st, 1909,
$25,000; $2,000 of the 1909 bonds
due 1919 and $2,000 annually
j thereafter till paid :
JrJr0 priiiST.. iu, $o,;
OQQrJl.OOO to be paid in 1930 and
$2,000 annually in 1931 and 1932
All interest on above bonds
paid when due.
COURT HOUSE.
Chat Record $ 74 14
W L London & Son 40 20
H S Storr & Co - 43 85
Geo D Barnard - 27
Worrell Mfe Co 42
Edwards & Brousfhton 210
Walker Eubanks 7
L N Womble .... . 1
Thos H Brigf?s & Son 13
Bonsai & Co 12
55
50
85
00
50
44
74
00
20
75
03
92
90
95
75
00
00
40
84
70
24
00
50
Chas Henderson
A W Hackney
15
1
Jim Brown 3 12
I Brooks & Eubanks 1
Walker, E vans & Cogswell 12
Chester Cross 12
National Office Supply Co 4
S G Gunter 2
i Dr L E Farthing 5
Lee Taylor 3
J J Johnson & Son 3
G R Pilkington 15
Will Hellon
4
8
R A Glenn
A T Ward 10
Major Lambeth 2
Total $642 51
TAX UST.
' Sanders 10
- RVann ,., 60
j jj Gilmore... 6
'r,J;erry
Perry : H
assiter
J Goodwin 40
00
00
50
00
00
75
00
50
00
00
25
00
50
00
50
00
00
OXJiUWarus 0
Jttie Marshall
W P Kirkman .
40
60
J'L Farrell 49
(?WPark l 70
!J L l.vson 61
I r T .U
' J L-L.Uther
... . 45
J F Gillilaod 42
G A Thompson - 30
J W Johnson , 690
Total $1348 00
CONVEYING PRISONERS TO
JAIL.
J isk 4 30
j p Bra Jshaw 10 00
i j Farrell 14 41
v Tnhnann ' R eo
'S G Gunter ..ZZIZZ""' 28 90
I J C Bowers 9 50
G E White 6 00
W A Cheek 3 50
JW Carson 5 00
Newton Bryan 5 00
C C Coper , 15 00
Total . $115 61
PENSIONS.
RMGorrell :.. $ 10
J M Wilcox 10
Atwater & Lambeth 10
Mrs Nancy Holt 10
J E Womble - 10
H A London . , 2
00
00
00
00
00
,00
Total . 152 00
HOME AGED AND INFIRM.
J W Harmon !i 1877 15
Mrs J W Harmon 98 50
Worrell Mfg Co 30 00
Much Fearrington 154 93
Claude Hackney 25 50
Thoa Bums 23 92
s D Gilmere 21 3
Johnnie Clews 47 30
Rod Sevmore H oU
J CLatiius 104 92
R J Moore 82 45
Chatham Oil and Fertili
zer Co 79 92
J R Watkins Co 3 50
Hackney & Hackney 1 75 1
Cole Printing Co 2 24
Clorence Brooks 5 25
, Stomach Troubles.
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If you have trouble with vour stonv
auh you should 'rvChamberlainVt'ai
iels. So many have been restored lt
health bv the use of these tablets and
their cost, is so little, 25 cents, that it
is worth while to give them a trial ad
E A Farrell . 84
A W Hackney . .. 2
J D Griffin 5
Chatham Telephone Co . .. 20
GR Pilkington 22
Johnnie Harris 46
J T Griffin 20
Brooks & Eubanks 46
T M Bland 16
L E Campbell 20
Lonnie Hinton 3
Lee Taylor ....... 7
Job P Wyatt& Son 36
S A. L. R R. Co 1
J O Bro ,. n 4
Ivey P Harmon .... 25
J A Farrell 1
44
45
00
00
95
41
48
50
20
35
25
50
50
24
48
80
40
Total $1,845 05
LUNATICS.
James I.Harmnn $ 18 10
State Hospital 31 00
WFBland ... 6 40
J r Bradshaw 7
S G Gunter , ;. 40
Ralph Hobby 8
W P Kirkman 2
Dix Hill Hospital 16
50
50
50
CO
45
45
Total $130
FERRYMAN.
R O Buchanan $172 50
CORONER.
Geo H Brooks .$ 16 92
W L Powell 2 30
Henry F Durham 160
I A Durham 1 50
J B Thompson 1 50
S G Gunter 5 00 j
W F Crutchfield 1 50 !
Total $30 32
JAIL.
W H Taylor $651 35
Ernest Boone 2 50
Cooper Harris 7 50
W H Ward 9 00 i
G R Pilkington 7 10
Hackney & Hackney 75
W L London & Son 17 75
Total .: $695 95
SUPERIOR COURT.
Dr F A Shepard $ 20 00
Judge W M Bond 300 00
Dr E E Randolph 20 00
Minnie Lee Hoover 156 50
HIT TTI A n 11 n rr
R M Burns ... 55 25
Leon TLane 267 90
Total $822 15
INSOLVENT LIST.
Jas L Griffin $505 24
Concluded next week.
Inventory Sale
We have just over
hauled our complete
stock and have un
covered many un
expected Bargains
Sea Island now 8c
Hickory Shirting,
best grade.
- 10c
now -
Special prices on
5,10and 25c
Goods
)J, JJlUlllUllP
Department Store
Chapel Hill, N. C.
CLOTHING.
In order to
offer all
Clothing
Overcoats
at greatly
weeks.
reduced
W. L. London & Son
Cross-Linehan Co,
RALEIGH'S LEADING CLOTHIERS.
Fall and Winter Clothing
Latest Styles. Gents
When you come to Raleigh make our store
headquarters where you can get anything a
man or boy wears.
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fTHE season prompts us to express to you our
appreciation of that intangible and invaluable
asset, QOODWIlL, that you have so kindly be
stowed on us during the past year and which we
ful'y reciprocate.
We extend to you all the compliments of the sea
son wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy,
Prosper New Year.
BANKING LOAN AND TRUST CO.,
SANFORD. N. C. JONESBORO, N. C.
Soon Over His Cold. j
Everyone speaks well cf Chamer
lainis Cough Remedy after having
usen it. Mrs.George Iewi-.Pittsfielrt,
W. Y., has this to say regarding it:
"Last winter my 'i'tle bov, tive veers
old, was sick with a cold for two or '
three weeks. I doctored him and used ,
various cough medicines but nothing
did him much g od until I iegan us- i
intr Chamberlain's Couifh Remedy. He j
then' improved rapidly and in a fw i
davs was over his cold." adv
Notice is neretv given of the seizure
of the foll wing property for the vl. la-1
tion of Hection 240 of t e Penal "chp
of the United States: Two trunks cf
whiskey seized Decern be i 23, MUG, at:
I'nioh Station, Durham, N. .,"notj
marked or branded shipped from j
"Washington, D C," containing GO;
quarts.. Persons ,.:claLmi ng : the fore-
ping property will file their claims
within thirty days as required by Jaw, j
or the same wiM be forfeited to the use j
of the United States. J- W. Bailey, i
Collector, Kaleigh, N.: C, December:
3 ), 1916.
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LAND AND TIMBER SALE. -1
By virtue of 'an order of the Su
periot Court, in the proceedings there
in tending entitled', 'M. A. Upchurch
and J. M. Broadwell, execut rs of the
last will of Ish im S. Ufjchurcn vs G.
W. Unchurch and othis," the under
signed commissioners will, on
Friay, January 5, 11 17,
at the residence of the late Isham 8.
Upchurch in New Hope lowribhip,
Chatham county, N. C.s offer fr sale
tdth highest bidder for cash all the
p tm and hardwood timber on the lands
of the said Ishm Upchjipch contain
ing at out 400 acres, Five year will j
be given to cut and remove said tim
ber. At the sara- time, the lanl with
the timber growUlg tntreon will be of-f-ed
tor sale- ThH is n exception- '
allv large body of timber, having been
estimated to be over 6,000,000 fe.t.
Time of sale, 12 o'ciock m.. Friday,
.January the 5th, 1917, at the residence
of the late Isham S Upchurch on the
premises.
M. ft. UPCHURCH,
J. M. BKGA DWELL, I
FRED. W. BYNUM,
Commissioners. '
Fred. W, Bynum, Attorney. j
reduce our stock, we
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FLOWERS
For All Occasions
Roses, Carnations, Val
ues, Violets and
Orchids
THE LEADER.
Wedding blowers arranged In lat
est airt.
Floral designs artistically arranged.
Fall & Winter Bulbs
are now ready. Plant early for befct
results.
Rose Bushes. Evergreens, Shade
Trees, Shrubs and Hedge Plants in
various varieties.
J. L. O'Quinn & Co
RALEIGH, h, C.
PHONE 149
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give you one. Fcr f ull particular,
literature and opinions regarding
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is benefiting thousands, apply to
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PITTSBORO, N. C
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