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i V i' Established sept, is, ists PITTSBORO. CHATHAM CO.. FEBRUARY 12, 1920. VOL. XLII NO. 28 The :mMMM :rWom OSE MARSH KILLS NEPHEW ke Tragedy Occurred in Gulf Township Last Sunday afternoon Bos Gulf .Mn. went to the home of i9 brother, Ed Marsh, who lived garby. While mere xuu u nn tiasing sose ana puncmng it and left lor his home, tne him. Bose warn- b a. hnv not to come in, so our dormant stated, but he did go ito th3 house and began to pick thim again. Whereupon Bose icked up a shotgun and shot his fgphew through the breast, kill ig him instantly. lose went over to a neighbor's nd told of the shooting. Later 'e waj arregted and Monday was as allowed bond by Solicitor Sl- r which ha gave and .was re ased until March tersa t supe- or cturt. Boss, it is said, is a hanhlesi igro, not very bright, but is a tod worker. m Death of Bryan Budd Bryan Budd, S3 years of age, ed in a Richmond hoipiral, the ih, from pneumonia following Sfluenia, according to a tele ram received by his brother, 1 P. Budd, of this city. Death me after an illness of three jyvMr. Budd having been ien with the flu on - Sunday. . The body was sent to Haywood jChatham, where interment was idein the Presbyterian church m rnaay noon. It. Budd was formerly of this r, but for the past 16 years, fc a been manager of the Rich- ndNews company. He is the s cond son of Mrs. C. Budd of Durham, and a hew of Mrs. E. J. Parrish id E. L. Brvan of this citv. 1 is survived K y his mother, brothers, W. P. of this city, JV. V. Budd of Moncure,. and f sister, Mrs. F. H. Chamber- Jioi Roanoke, Va. The body . accompanied from Richmond F. H. Chamberlain. brother- Jaw. W. P. Budd is just re aring from an attack of grip,. his mother is also ill with same disease, making it im sible for them to attend the eral. -Durham Herald. nis young man was born and in Chatham county. He a son of the much loved Dr. U. Budd of Lockville. and f ds :n of Capt.Chas. Bryan of pood. Chatham- county ?Id e proud to claim this r ior ne made a name Jimself in Richmond and wed and esteemed by all cajnejneentact with him. Peing Up Small Street p town commissioners some ago ordered that the south - omaii street be opened "nused cross street. Street nwssioner J. C. Lanius has iftfi nn fV, mm . i t - h me street to tne cross 1 and from there to the Deep f bumDer Company's plant fe raihoad. Mr. Lanius has ? a fine job of it, and by the y of this street it has put 10f the prettiest sites for cesm town, if the own loutosell them. U' 7 Mr. ueaye ailllPs, who -1 1 .M.J jy an explosion and un- Carl - vmc ot;ii- i aroima Hospital at Sanford Kli i s;o, has return-' 29th state an4-enly seven more 1 hom here.- . ... Z f ". Why -Cotton Goods Are Hilh Richard Spillane.in Philadelphia Ledger. If ycu are a wage-earner or a salaried man and are shocked at the prices demanded for goods made of cotton, perhaps what follows may be illuminating. We had 5 per cent more ma chinery in our cotton niills in No vember, 1919? than in November, 1916, and far -more operatives working, yet the amount ef cot tan goods produced was about one-sixth less. Not only that, but the wages paid were far higherr " The reason? Primarily, the 48 hour week instead, of the former 54-hour week, and, secondly, a I decreased, production per person." LOtton is used more than any thing else that is worn by man. It is in great demand today, yet with more workors, far more workers, getting more pay, far more pay, than formerly, and with more machinery, you have the evidence of 90, COO less bales of cotton being turned into yarns or cloths jn American mills in November, 1919, than in Novem ber, 1916. That is an economic horrer. It is true the cotton farmer gets more for his cotton now than he aid,jn .me.That cutssomcr figure, but -not " so much as the increase in costs of manufacture. The mill hands demanded more pay. They got it They de manded few hours. The got them. They demanded still more pay. They got it. More pay and less hours would not signify if production was not decreased. That is what hurts. If you are a wage-earner or 'a salaried ma you are being pen alized for that decreased produc tion of cotton goods. It doesn't matter to the rich man. He does not use much cotton. When your wife complains 'of the high price of cotton goods do not forget the principal causes: Reduced production by the cot ton farmer and reduced produc tion by the mill hand. Tempora rily, they arc being benefited at your expense. There n a shortage of every thing in the world today. There is a pronounced shortage of cot ton and cotton goods. To. accen tuate this shortage by curtailing production seems little short of sinful, for it drives prices higher and higher. The principal consumers of the world are the common people, for they make up the vast majority. L To curtail production h to visit hardship upon them. If you are a wage earner or salaried person or one of the great army of the helpless, put some of the blame where it be longs. Discovered Prof. Detre of Budapest Uni versity, announces the discovery of the flu bacillus, but says that itis so infinitely small it remains in thr air and can be carried for thousands of miles, according to a dispatch from Budapest. He believes the disease can be checked by sanitary measures. Hoover says he is no candidate for president, and he is waiting to see the programs of the lead ers. His party, he says, depends on the party's aims. . More than half the men in ser vice, on being demobalizod, did not return to their former or pre war address. The New Jersey assembly has lttuutu - uie woaiCii--i44ttiic. amendment This Kiakes tho , COMMITTEE MEETS Hon. W. D. Siier Elected County Chairman The Democratic executive com mittee of Gh atham county met here Tuesday. A majority of the committee beins present the meeting was called to order by Mr. J. B.. Atwater, temporary chairman, and Mr. W. E. Horton actinias secretary. : Mr. "Atwater announced the purpose of the meeting which was to elect a county chairman to fill the office now vacant by virtue of the death of the former county chairman, Hon. R. H. Hayes. ; ... A m ition was made by Mr. A. C. Ray that a committee be ap pointed to draft resolutions of respect in memory of the late R.f H. Hayes to be presented to the Democratic Convention to be held in Pittsboro on some future date to be called by the chair? man. The motion was adopted and the following- persons ap pointed as a committee to draft said resolutions: J. B. Atwater. Jas. L. Griffin and W. D. Siler. Hon. V. D, Siler" was put in nomination for the chairman ' of the Democratic" Executive com mittee of Chatham' county, to succeed the late Hn. R. H. Hayes, and upon said motion a vote was called fv.r and he was J unanimously elected chairman of said committee. It was on motion of J. B. Atwater that a secretary and treasurer be elect ed to assist the chairman in the duties of ' the said office. Hon. Jas. L. Griffin being put in nom nation by J. W. Griffin for the office of secretary and treasurer of -said-organization, and a vote being called on said nomination, Jas. L. Griffin was unanimously elected secretary and treasurer of the Democratic Executive committee of Chatham county. - he little five-year old son of Mr. Turner Petty, who was ! so severely kicked by a horse last week, is rapidly improving and will be brought home this week from the Hospital at San ford. The Record, has added anoth er compositor to its force, Mrs. W. Wells Browne, of Greenville, and we hope to make the paper more attractive in the future. Mrs. Browne comes highly rec com mended as a first -class typo. i w Master- Joh London is spending t aay witn nis urocner Lawrence London ar Rex Hospi tal, Raleigh, this being the lat ter's 12th birihday. Lawrence was remembered by a largs number of friends with loving birthday greetings. Mrs. EUzabeth Pac?, widow of the late Thomas Pace, died at her home in -Baldwin township, last Sunday, acred 92 years.' She t I T ' Ll 1 ? 1 J' was the mother-in-law of Mr. John Peoples of tho same town ship. A good woman is gone. Last Saturday night Tom Dark (colored)'' had his pocket picked of $17.00 in cash his week's wages. While doing some trading some one slipped the money from his pocket and ne never missed it until he came out of the store, He has no idea who got his money. An Oklahoma man has invent ed an 11 can : that des not leak if upset, a rod inside the spout torn oft Ripe olives killed six persons in; Memphis Sunday. REDUCING TAXATION The Governor Annnounces His Will fecommnd coniUtutiin al ahifidment .rediiclnr tax liml tatidft f a provision tot re assess ment n certain case; that State provides for no msre revenue in 1920$ian it had 1919." Showing that the people o,f Chatham county are interested in theesujts of the r evaluation of real and personal property under the jiff of 1919; I irilS fhat ycii oujlfpublish in pOr: paper a sta'feient given ; out ; by the gov erivSen the 30th of "last month in regard to same. f'--:;': V The; jGoverner'a statement rea-?:;;'; ".:-";v: :.: To tlfie jpeople of North Carolina: 'After hearing ther reports made by the d is trict 'supervisors in h'are of the revaluation aet and; after a full conference with the Stfite Budget Comrai&sicn, the Tax : Commission; 5 ar d the State Treasurer, 1 find that I will be justified in pyinf to the people, of the state the ioilewing in f ormatien ': v.'-- " - J " ::' - I propose to submit to tho spe cial session of - the General ?As seir.bly, which is expected to meet in July the following ree bmendations: - " (1) That the State take no ad vantage of that part of the re valuation act which authorized a ten per cent increase of revenues for i920, but that the General Assembly'fix a rate for 1920 that wni,ycd:for all state purposes exactly the" samemouritbf Tev- enue from all real and personal property as was collected in the year 1919. There may be one ex ception to this recommendation and that is that it may be neces sary to increase the funds pro vided by the state for the public schools to the extent of five per cent certainly not more than this. This increase will only has the amount contemplated by tr e General Assembly for this speci- iic purpose. It will thus be seen, in the lignt of this recommendation, that the Revaluation Act becomes one of equalization pure and simple, and with the vast quait tities of property going on the tax books that was not taxed at all heretofore, both of lands and intangible personal property, it is certain that many thousands of taxpayers will actually pay less in 1920 than they paid in 1919. (2) I will also recommend hat there be inserted in the revalua tion act a clause providing that in any yaar at any time before the taxes are actually levied by the county authorities, any prop erty owner msy ask for a reas sessment of his property upon filing an affidavit supported by two disinterested freeholders that his property is on the tax books at a sum Greater than its market value. ' (3) I will also recommend to the special session of the Gener al Assembly that there he em bodied in the constitutional am endments now pending and to be voted on in November a, provi sion greatly reducing the pres ent constitution limitation of 66 2-3 cents on the one hundred dollars worth of property. It committee of the Housa afid Senate to revise this limitation downwards. It is how apparent that the revised valuations will be ' Iois cni?ujh ..topermita subT stanttal reduction of this limita tion, and will have a reasonable margin for the necessities of eurjw wages was -thejeaitse; World War Records Mrs. H; A. London has been appointed by the State Histori cal Commission, as Historian and Director of a War Records Asso ciation for Chatham county. The object of this is to urge every person in the "county to send in the war record f every man who was in the service and to pursue all data of the county's part in the World War. The teachers are asked to scan the records of the soldier boys in thur community, and send them in to Mrs. Henry A. London as soon as possible. -The Jocal Chapter of the IJ. D. C. has already begun the work and have collected a considerable amount of valuable material for the Historical .Commission, which will assist them in the state's histery of the world war. i nis association requires no mo;" ey for entrance into it. It is simply to secure co-operation in collecting material of the world war. Mr. Thompson, : county super intendent pt Public Instructien,1 wll give his valuable assistance in this work and stimulate the county teachers to give their in teres t and work to it. q A Vaioablc Publication Raltigh Ajnerican Henry M. London, North Car olina Legislative Reference Li brarian, has issued a valuable publication, under the general direction of the State Historical Commission, entitled "Directory of the State and County Officials of -North Carolina. - - It contains the names of all state officials. including judges, solicitors, tax supervisors, etc. "Copies have been mailed out all over the state and will be of great value to the recipients. Mr. London furnishes much information from his department. He is an effi cient officer and a man of high ideals and unfailing courtesy. To deal with him is a pleasure, no matter in what capacity, and the State has no more valuable man in its service. Starting off with more than $500 subscribed by -members of their own race livings in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, the friends of tho Orange county training school for negroes have commenced a campaign t raise money for a new building. future development. Just what figure will be a proper limitation cannot be determined until total values under the new assessment are ascertained. Three facts in regard to the re valuation act are now outstand ing, and no longer the subject of controversy: (1) The, purpose of the act is to wipe out the inequalities of the existing system. (2) . Under the rate the tax rate'will be so low that' no class of property will be outlawed and driven from the state. (3) The extraordinary low rate under the revaluation act will un cover millions of dollars in the state that has, never been on the tax books at all, and will draw into the state millions of capital from the ends of the earth. This information I think will give the tax payers of Chatham county some insight about the !a? der wll,ch. the.r Prorerty is being revalued. Respectfully submitted. W. P. Horton, ; . Pittsboro, N. C. Over 130,000 New York teach ers have quit the schoolhouses. CLOSING OF ; THE SCHOOLS The Lid on the Pittshoro High School and Churches The Pittsboro hirh school has been closed for two weeks on ac count of the flu, by order of the board of health. The churches here were also closed. All the stores close at p o'clock and on Saturdays are allowed to keep open only one hour longer. At the ppstomce, during the opening of the mails, only one person ia allowed in the front of the office at a time, and they must get their mail and get out. People are not allowed to gather in crowds on the streets. There are only a few cases of flu in the town, and they are mild. There are many, cases in the county, probably 500 cr 600, possibly more than that. There are several pneumonia cases. i Onl two or three physicians ih the county arc reporting tho flu and pneumonia cases arid it is impossible to get the correct fig ure but The Record is pleased to announce that jnly two or thrfe; deaths have occurred in the county from the disease, so far as eai be learned. Badly Earned Mr. Arthur Lilly, of Fayette ville, a brother of Mr. Fred Lilly, of Center ; township, . has been visiting relatives in the county for several days. While visiting a sister in,;. Hickory Mountain, township lie lay :rc(o wnef ore the' fire' '.while under the influence of liquor, it is said, and went to sleep. While in that position his clothing caught fire and when found he was sq badly burned about the body that it is thought he will die. , His people at Fay etteville have been notified of his condition. Listing Income Taxes Deputy Collector D.. A. Mc Ponald, Jr., gives notice inTh(e Record this week th?t anyone desiring information o; assist ance in listing income tax can see him at the follOwirg places: Siler City.Hadley hotel,Feb.l6. Goldston, ostoffice, Feb. 17. Bonlee, postoffic, Feb. 18." Gulf, postoffice, Feb. 19. Moncure, postoffice, Feb. 21. Pittsboro, Blair hotel, Feb. 24J Valuable Property Sold The John Council two stores, situated in Pittsboro's busy mart, were sold last Saturday at twelve olock and brought pretty good prices considering- th size, of them. The brick building, which had been used as a barber shop and candy store, was bid off by Mr. T. M. Bland for $3,100, and the wooden building across the street was bought by Mr; J. C; Lanius for $2,200. New Hardware" Store Pittsboro is to have anothe hardware slore in the near f u ture. , - Messrs G. J. .Griffin, V. B. Johnson and G. H. Brooks, will about March 1, open up a hardwaoe store in the hotel Blair building. They will oceupy, . the corner store. .- Y ' y When the Farmers' Bank' moves to their new home next week the room that they vacate will be occupied by Mr. E. A.) Fari-ell as a grocery store. vncr pilfer Kite! Fitter rpreubui( Mujr AfrUwring Gkf Baltimr. wM be at our store Tbtrre-; day, Friday and atarffy ft '-tfcto' . week. Fit faarantee. W. L Uj '7 ' i t 1 i 1, : i j i 1 I V