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It I V- 1 i V. "V ESTABLISHED SEPT. 18. 1878. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM CO.. JAN.UARY 29. 1920. VOL.XLII NO. 26 4 '. . . - ' . - 7 . ' n T T Blown up oy Dynamite Cap Lawrence Londen Yob Three Finger A most distressiig accident oc curred here last Saturday after noon by which Lawrence Indo the 12-year-o!d son of Mr. and urs Arthur H. London, had ene of his hands badly lacerated and an eye put out, possiely loiinr both. . , It seems that Lawrence had found a dynamite cap and he, with some eth r boys, wishing to hear the explosion, put the cap under a rock and attached a use to it. Lighting the fuse they rm and hid. For some rea son the cap failed to explode and Lawrence went to see what the trouble was. While bending over to see if the fuse had burned out the cap exploded, terribly lacer ating one of the boy's 'hands. Oneofhis eyes was so badly hurt that he will lose the light of it, and possibly the sight of the other eye. TV Milliken was hurriedly summoned to the bedside of the wounded boy and it was found ' necessary to take him to a hos pital in Raleigh. The Pittsboro train was held for half an hour for the parents and, accompan ied by Dr. Millken, the boy was taken to Raleigh. "Later a telegram was received here stating that three of the boy's fingers had to be ampu tated. .It wai a most distressing acci dent and the parents of the boy have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in the mis fortune that has occurred to ene of their bright young boys. Ground Hog Day Next Monday, February 2nd, is known as Ground Hog Day. While it is sot a legal holiday, or put down in the calendar as one of the great days of history, it is still to be reckoned with. Accord ing to the old tradition, if the day is sunshiny so that the ground hog sees his shadow, he returns to his hole and remains there for at least six weeks longer, indi cating that the winter is only half gone and much bad weather to follow. However, if the day is eloudy and bad and he does not see his shadow, his ground Wship stays out, thus prophe Jag that the winter is practi wHyover. So don't fail to look tut Yi avI r i i-k I moaaay ior tne Records A Mil muter .sfcr this has been a mild Pterin this Keption ntilv a fw M Mitift rnmin nmVm wiert .v bUU10. JUU KMCtb eek an rl Jwing on the ground and Mon day Mr. Jn- ur-ui u:n - u:-. inland moccasin. The mild Weather has people and editors. j nig urv iy ui6 Qream of t. w and rain fell all through the j oiiwft acix pan oi moil- ?V to the depth ef about two inches. r.f F-Aydlette, of Elizabeth y. has been confirmed by the wuite as district attorney for torth Carolina. Safe B Fe Up Blockade Stills Of ficers Cleaning Up the Coun ty Feur Cap tared Lait Week Three bloekade stills were cap tured and brought here Wednes day of last week from New Hope township. They ware captured by Bill Seott and a young boy. One of the stills held about 12 gallons, the other two were of 25 and 40 gallon capacity.. They also brought in about three gal lons of liquor, which was said to be as pure as ceuld be -made. At one of the stills three white men were at work, but all three made their escape, although they were known. Thursday following, another still was eaptured in Williams township and brought here. It seems like a working-man blockader will not be downed. Break up one today and they are again making liquor somewhere else. Blockaders of today are like they were thirty years ago. This writer used to hear them talk during federal cour sessions in Raleigh. One would ask an other: "What you been doing?" "MakiV an' a seliin'," invari ably would be the answer. One man was heard to remark: "They didn't get me but they convicted dad. And I am going back home and make liquor enough to pay his fine. " . - A prison sentence is the only thing that will break them up. The FI in Chatham The dreaded flu has reached Cnatham. In one neighborhood in Hickory Mountain township four or five cases have appeared. It is also reported that there are one or two cases of smallpox in the same township. It is to be hoped, that while it is spreading rapidly all over the country, it will light here. It is said that an "oimc of prevention is worth a pound-of cure. ' ' That being the case, why not suspend all the schools in the county for a week or two before the flu gets a hold. The Burke school, in Hickory Mt. township, has been closed, why not close the rest? that people may knew when thoy are stricken with influenza tne following are the symptoms of the disease: Fatigue, fever, headache, es pecially over the eyes; cold in the head, sneezing, chills, aching of the joints, back and limbs; wat ery or bloodshot eyes and vom iting. - : .. . . Get Even With Landlords The tenant who haa to dig deep to pay high rental in 1919 will have some opportunity of getting back at his landlord through the collection of income taxes. This year's forms for making income tax returns will contain a section providing that tenants shall include in their statements the amount of rents paid and. to whom it was paid. The informa tion thus received will be turned over to the Department of Justice for use in high cost of living campaign. The tenant's returns, will also be used to see, that landlord pays full income tax. John A. Park, of .Raleigh, has houghtthe Fayettevllle Observer, the oldest newspaper in the stater - thirteen hundred phone em ployes have been knocked out in Breaking The Unlucky Number 13 This Man Not Superstitions, BntXHe Believes No. 13 Is Unlucky Mr. S. E. Burns, of Charles ton, has been here on a visit to Mr. John Dezern for a few days but has returned to his home. Mr. Burns was born in Chatham and up to his fourteenth year his home was in the southern part of the county. With one excep tion he has been away about 20 years. He was at one time con ductor on Seaboard Air Line and thereby hangs a tale. In a conversation with Mr: Burns he gave his experience of the figures 13. He said he had orders one day while working for the Seaboard Air Line to take his train out from Hamlet, which was on the 13th of the month; 13 cars were hitched to his engine? his order number was 13. This was his 13th trip and the 13th ti ip of his engineer. The engine was 913 and the cab 49913. This day, the 13th, he had to side track for a passenger train at Moncure that had 13 coaches, and while standing beside the track a bag of mail was thrown cut of the car and struck him on the back of the head knocking him unconscious, killing him for a few minutes. Mr. Burns is yardmaster now in the navy yard at Charleston where the 13th does not worry him. . No, Mr. Burns, is not super stitious, but he does not like the No. 13. Death of Mrs. Burgess Following an illness of only a few days, Mrs. A. D. Burgess, aged 64 years, died at the home of her son, Mr. W. R. Burgess, ncr Mebane, January 12. Her health had been rapidly declining for several months, therefore her death was not a surprise. She had gone on a visit to her son whom, it seems, she was very anxious to visit be fore crossing the bars, and after a stay of ten days God called her home. Her relatives were sum moned to her, bedside, but she was too near her new home to recognize any earthly object. After keeping vigilance for al most a day and night, they were dismissed, for God had claimed his own, and the following day they follewed her remains to her home . in the eastern part of Chat ham county where they were laid to rest on the 13th in Bell's cem etery. The deceased leaves a husband and seven children Messrs. A. G., of New Hilir W. R., of Me- bane. L. F., of Battleboro, L. A. of Apex;' Mrs. F. W. Riggsbee, of Durham, and Misses Waylan and Beatrice Burgess, of Apex. The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. W. A. Waff. The pallbearers were Messrs. Robert Dillard, Ed Cheek, Jack Horton, Bun Clark, Roy Howard and J N. Bryan. The floral bearers wftre Misses Jessie Seymour. Ruby Hunt, Bella Ellis,; Mrs. C. M. Hunt and Mrs. Etta Thomas. Z. Subscribers to Church Fence Let all those who have sub scribed to the new fence around the Methodist, church pay their subscription as early as possible if thev have not already done so. The fence cannot be erdered be fore the subscriptions are paid. Pay "either t the pastor or to the Celebrates Lee- , Jackson Day Many Patrons of the School ; Present---Tlic Old Veti Failed to Attend Following a long custom the Pittsboro high sehool celebrated en last Friday evening the anni versary of the birthdays of Gen eral Robert E. Lee and "Stone wall" Jackson. Many of the patrons of the school and citizens of the town attended the exercises which were under the direction of the two literary societies. Due to, the inclemency of the weather none of 'the ex-Confederate sol diers were present at the celebra tion. It is with regret that the number of those old soldiers of more than half a century ago, who attend these celebrations, grow less. Time has thinned their ranks. However, the sons of those faithful old soldiers will ever be proud of the memory of those men who followed Lee and Jackson. The following program was rendared: 1. Song, The Bonnie Blue Flag. 2. A sketch of Jackson's Life, E. R. Franklin. 3. Jackson the great campaign er, Frizzelle Knight. 4. $o;ig, Dixie. 5. The sword of Lee, Emily Taylor. 6. Tributes to Lee, Henry By- num and teraham Connelly 7. Lee's Farewell Address, Eu gene Johnson. ( 8.. Lee After the War, E. R. Franklirj. 9. Song, How Fir m a Foundation. Synopsis Grand Jury Report The grand jury, before being discharged at the last term of court, made their report to Judge Bond. The following is a synop sis of it: The water supply for the jail and courthouse is inadequate; the well needs a house to cover it and a new pump; that the jail needed repairing and the cells swinging cots. All the county offices were weli kept and com mended the county commission ers for installing needed im provements, that the sehool sys tem of the county was in a most satisfactory condition. A committee visited the coun ty home and found 12 whites and 11 colored, all contented and well cared far. The buildings were in bad shape but the farm was in good condition and all neees sary implements to carry ea the work were on hand. The usual amount of hogs, cattle, etc., were there. Thev reported the railretd crossing at Merry Oaks as eing dangerous and recommended an underground crossing. They also recommended that the, present buildings at the heme be torn away and n?w ones ereet ed, and waterworks and eleetrie lightsbe put in, and that the four mules be sold and one good pair be bought. One of the Older Younft Men There passed over to the other shore the other day in Chatham county another one of the older young tnen of this section, Spence Taylor, who was sheriff of Chat ham when the Populist upheaval came in 1892 and swept hinVand the ether Democratic eGcials eut of office in "that; year. Askefeor as? 5 ISlislP MM- . --tmm iwuiji -2SS " hon. w. Mcdonald ii5?355 , rig -m t.-a -j&j&x&sttE?".. - - National Director for the Campaign for National and World Wide Prohibition 1 SHOWS MEED FOR DRY" CAMPAfG INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR W. MeOONALO LEE. U ENFORCEMENT FIRST $9,000,000 T Be Spent In Fighting Bolshevism By Americanizing Fe-relgners. W. McDonald Lee, National Direc tor of the great campaign launched by the Anti-Saloo League of America, has made the following statement showing the objects of the campaign, why it Is necessary, and to what-pur-poses the fund taised will , be de voted. , "We hare three great aims tn this campaign," declared Mr. Lee, "all of which will appeal to every patriotic American who has the welfare of his own country at heart and any regard for the moral aad spiritual welfare and progress of our neighboring na tion. These alms are as follows: (1) To aid home Law Eaforeemeat (requiring afcout nine alUiea). (5) To Americanize the Foreigner fpequlring about nine mill ten. (3) A Dry World by IttO Co2dteg Hexico and West ladles). "A fourth of the zoaney raised ta fee campaign i to be left fe the StaCe lor cbS&d one, ' "Law BpttWfw-aent," whfach means crea44ff HUe. sentf for oeeervaee efUw, a4 Ue maasA fer eOeewa whe wttl efere tke iaat. Internal Revesve Cotmniiasen-sr naaiel Soper -and Federal SAd Sa4e eficer nearly eveiwwhere ivite sveh eoHratioa by ow or$niaaHaa aad iafclter eaee Lfayier istiwtste kave rgaee it m sad with Ma.Wi.t iuaj Iweajy-tepr States, W effoa to etoet Ctegress Cbat win Increase al ofeg eeo4eois treat oe-forti of me -ear cent, t te, er e-refi t? ycr eet, sn4 tteie defeat th eiaae ef rtoVbtH. and Mlfy tb$ Eta eeslh saitiBoMt Netrin Completion The new brick building of the Farmers' Bank, which has been. in course of construction for some time, is nearing: completion. The building is two stories, has four rooms on the second floor suit able for offices, two of which have already been rented. The lower floor, which is to be used fortankirig: purposes, is geinsr to be up-to-date, and when fin-r ished, will make one ef the nret-. tiest bank ahppsjn,1:he fxuntyt , ti . 1 lee of Virginia. "Another fourth of the money, fori object two, goes to the Anti-Saloon League of America for work among aliens In this country. We must make good and law-abiding citizens of those foreigners who stay with us, through education, literature and speakers in the only language they may know. While harangued by anarchises andi booze-advocates they remain a men ace to our institutions. These scat tered colonies within our-borders can1 fee-reached only through the systematic and studied propaganda of the Na tioftal League. , ' "Such of the remainder of the fundel as may be determined by the State and National Leagues is to be devoted to object three. All the world is nowr our neighbor. Five critical years have! demonstrated that we are vitally af- fected by conditions elsewhere on the globe. . One doilar'a worth of liquor will counteract a hundred dollars of the money so generously given to mis sions by Bapitsts, Methodists, Presby- terians, Episcopalian and others. Let's help make effective these mis slemary gifts. . The misrslonery pleads for ovr help against the m lira tin gi liquor dealer and hie waree that are hurrying to other shares, "Under objeela one and two the Anti-Baloon League seeks to remove the cause Chat T. M. OL Av Red Cross, SftiratlOB Army and other i&oMe bodies, ara earnestly striving to remedy. With law enf orcement, proper education and re&oveT of temptation there will be Wee poverty, fewer dens of vice, m redemption from misery to wecmen and children, and the work of those great erganisations will fee nead eader and) the Qtrickex accomplished. "Under object three It wttl fee pos-j crfeSe. to "clean up" Cuba and the) BMtmas from the ligaor and vice cen-r tagiom. that te already affecting oupj s&eres. Mexico also, because of which j. proteWy a hundred mUlion dollars al year is 6pen by our Aneerkoan Govern-,' BMct te keef the peace, would be lee a dlsarbing element if drink "weaef abolished and this can be accom- ttehd. As an aid In preventfngf BolshevMmi xrom . spreatHn vo onrj shorea, some countries of ; the Oldj World fhould be . made acquainted with ev Customs and law and theiaj oU&xens taught to respect such bcfcrel ere. A Good Woman Gone Mrs. Thena Murchison, relict o f the late Rev. D. C. Murchison, of Gulf, died at the home of her daughter at Rocky Mount last Friday, aged 74 years. The fu neral services were held .. Satur day at Gulf in the Baptist churjeh. She was a most excellent Chris tian and enjoyed the highest esr teem of all who knew her. She" was, a devout member of the Baprv tist' church. T:: -;o 1 stewards. J L.: f
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