WISHED
SEPT. 18, 1878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM CO.. THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1920.
VOL. XLII NO. 36
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LIGHTS
tfiU Have Dints
Sunimer is Gone
v Oiton good authority
have h , -1oMth11v
;ttsboro wiu .
before me u-.-
v. v r1ant at Mon-
The new l -----
AU nn the water
iftentthere "and will
ft nearby towns with
td lits. and Pittsboro
Ueof the favorea towns;
r. M,.ff story. bit 11
gly a true one.
is
5. is ' . ....
jy a true one. v wM
hould encourage this new
q manv licnts
i.turanu uwv
eycan. Space iuruiu "
W . . m i ..i. -mill
detail duw
..iv iciif on the
ivennian
Jet .
Easter Accidents
n&y afternoon, while re-
lnVpn1)V Mariney Lutterloh,
k a fill on the outskirts of
W and was badly wrecked
f the car were several colored
I The Dodge car met a tord,
fin giving part of the road,
loo near the edge of the road,
fell over. Several in the
were cut and bruised, the
r being severely cut One
John Scurlock, had his
broken. It was said the
ear was making pretty
time when the accident hap-
fere was another wreck at
fiorthend of the Roberson
bridge when a car ran off
iridge and into a tree. The
as not torn up much and
ewas hurt.
DEMOCRATS MEET
They Held Their Convention
v Last Saturday
The Chatham Democratic coun
ty convention met in the court-
house here last Saturday and
elected their delegates to the
state and district conventions
which meet in Raleigh today.
The following were elected:
Geo. W. Perry, W; D. Silery
J. B; Atwater, P; M. Mills,
C M. Andrews, F. M, Farrell,.
J . D. Mclver, M. W. Harris,
Jas. L. Griffin, C. D. Orrell,
P. L. Alston, J. W. Griffin, .
W. P. JHorton, A. C. Ray,
J.-M; Mclver, Jr. J. Q. Seawell,
T. H. Perry, J. M. Garner,
H. M. London, H. P. , Peoples,
E. E. Walden, Al T.Ward,
L. T. Lane, . .W. M. Scott,
C. D. Moore, J. Wade Siler,
R.R. Seagroves, V. M. Dorsett.
J. D. Mclver, of Corinth, was
called to the chair by Chairman
T7.. D. Siler and ,W. P. Korton
was appointed secretary. After
the meeting was organized short
talks were made by James L.
Griffin, J. B. Atwater, C. D. Or
rell, Leon T. Lane, G. W. Blair,
C. N. Bray, C. D. Moore, J. C.
Poe, D. L. Bell, A. C. Ray, H.
M.ixmdon and W. R. Thompson.
A resolution was introduced by
W. P. Horton, and seconded by
A. C. Ray, which was unani
mously adopted, instructing the
delegates" to the congressional
convention to vote for James L.
Griffin as a delegate-to theDem
ocratic national convention which
meets in San Francisco in June.
Changed Hands
;e Siler City Light and Tele
eCo. have taken over the
lam Telephone Co.'s tele
system in and around
sboro and have put the sys-
n first clas order. A new
jsrn switchboard has been in-
ed.
i
?e cehiDanv is anxious to x-
the lines throughout the
jfy and if the farmers are in
jted they should at once take
L . i i . -
alter up with the company.
re extended notice will ap-
next week.
I
Ripe Old Aie
went issue of the Siler City
Publishes the picture and
ef sketch of Mrs. Matilda
al, of Chatham county, who
' years old March 18th.
paschal is the mother of
Mary C. Brewer of this
Mrs. Paschal is enjoying
health and is remarkably
Preserved for a nenon.of
ge. Her
er become a pontnnr.in
ivejnher second century.
Attended Wedding
following nersons from
.section 'attended the wed-
Washington City last
01 Dr J- S. MillikftTl n Mice
r Will: Mice A;i tj;ii
n w 1111.
R. Mnliken, of Pittsboro;
-aoeth Milliken, of Siler
J- P. Milliken and Fisher
peace, of Sanfori . xrof w;n
i ' H- Turner, of Winston-
Elkins widw of the
f hn Elkins, who lives on
1 1 irnm pu
r w" vjuiuston, south Ot
Ueek, was paralvzed last
j.y night and is not expect-UYe-
Mrs. 'EIHtiq ;aoU,t
- Hih School
The triangular debate between
teams of the Sanford, Siler City
and Pittsboro- schools will be
held tomorrow night, April 9th.
The debate between Pittsboro
and Sanford teams will be held
in Sanford, and a team from
the Sanford school -will come to
Pittsboro to debate 'with the
Siler City team. -
Query to be discussed is: "Re
solved, That the United States
should adopt a policy of f mrther
material restriction of immigra
tion." The members of our
teams have made careful prepa
ration for the contest and we ex
pect them to give a good account
of themselves. LeJ us encour
age the boys who will be in the
contest at this place by giving
them a good house. .
The debaters here will be af
firmative: William. Hunt and Ar
thur London; the negative: Grady
Patterson , and William Durham.
The debaters at Sanford will be
affirmative : William Hunter Fitts
and Archie Ferrell; negative
Archie Ray and Kenneth Dixon.
, Examination For Teachers
The regular state examinatien
for teachers will be held in the
office of Public Instruction, on
April 13th and 14th. All teach
ers wishing to take the state ex
amination may do so on the
above named dates.
Any teacher in the county that
has ' not had an opportunity to
finish th i Reading Circle Work,
may take the examination on
Davis on the morning of April
13th, and get credit for the same.
W. R. Thompson,
County Superintendent.
Greenhouse men in WallaWalla,
Washington, have been successful
in forcing the growth of lettuce
for the market by an elaborate
electric lighting system. They !
were able to produce four crops
in the time ordinarily required
to produce three.
The Blair Hotel Sale
The Burton Brothers, of Wil-
son, sold the liiair hotel property
here Tuesday for the Chatham
Real Estate Co., and it brought
a handsome price. The hotel
proper was bought by Sheriff
Leon T. Lane and Mr. B. M. Poe,
the price paid being $20, 500-
The barber . shop was sold to
Pickard,; the barber, for $3,100.
The two stores underneath the
hotel brought $16,000, and. were
purchasedby Mr. A; M. Riddle.
The vacant lot in the rear of the
hotel was bought by Mr, W. Ci.
Blair for $2,500.
The land sale, just east of the
corporate limits of town, which
was to have taken place in the
afternoon, was postponed for
some reason, but it will be sold
some time next month.
Bell-Peoples I ;
.At Saint Bartholomew's Epis
copal church last Tuesday even
ing Mr. Daniel L. Bell was quietly
united in marriage to Miss Allie
Peoples, RerfWE. 'Allenr6ffic
iating. After the ceremony the
young couple motored to Raleigh
where they took the midnight
train for Washington City and
other points. They -. will be . at
home here after April 20.
But very few people thought
of such a thing as a marriage
between the two and everybody
was taken b surprise. The
cride and groom are well known
here, Mr. Bell being one of our
most . prominent attorneys, and
Mr. Belljs a very lovable wom
an and hasmany". warni friends
here and elsewhere. She is the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Peoples, of this county,
and has been making her home
here for several years. TheRec
ord, with their many friends,
wish for the young couple
pleasant voyage through life.
- For Commissioner
Editor of the Record: -
As the time is now ripe for
the usual candidates for -the
various-county offices to declare
themselves, I . w antx to suggest
a good man from Baldwin town
ship for one of the board of
county commissioners. Mr. A.
T. Ward of Bynum, by virtue of
his training as 1 a mechanic in
contract work and as a good far
mer would make us a most val
uable'member of this board and
I would most heartily recom
mend him.
- C. A SNIPES.
Byum, April 3. 7
Ford's Gasoline . Street Car
fienry Ford's new gasoline
street car will be ready for its
test run to Chicago in about a
month. ;
This test car is designed for
interurban service and in addi
tion to a power plant it is being
equipped with a suomarine-type
body, standard railrtacL draft
gear arid air brake equipment.
To demonstrate the lack of vi
bration when the motor was run
ning at top speed a led pencil
was balanced on end on top of
one of the cylinders,' where it
stood without a tremor until re-i
moved. "
It was explained that while
the car could be run at ai!y
speed to eighty-five or ninety
miles an hour, the engine would
be equipped with a governor
which would be set at a fixed
maximum speed to insure the
-safe economical opeiation of the
car in practice.
At least- 6,000 arrests have
besn made during 74 days of con
stitutional prohi b ition4 Commis:
sioner John F. Kramer estimates.
Now Up to the Women
TO REDUCE TAXES
The department of Justice has
created- a high Cost of living de- Meeting to Discuss Plans
partment : and has named Miss 1 V ot
i.iitn otruusa, oi jiew iorit city,
as director. Under her leader-
ship the Women of the nation, a conierence on tax Revision
who spends 90 ner cent of the through legislation: took place in
money invested in food and cloth-
inir. wJIKbe marshaUed for a firht PIan for repealing the excess
to Liits Mxiiisin , against exorDirant
prices. '--i-' something else for it:
The scheme, as outlined bv ome said they had come to
Miss Strauss, contemplate the ieeitnat something must pe done
appointtoent ef a local chairman aoout tne excess prohts tax. The
B feVerv commun tv. w th t MmJwrapiaints o! Business concern-
" 7 ' : . "T7 ' ' ' " I - i i ' '
mittee; composed of "one woman in 113 operauon naa oeen grow-
frea clubi lodf?e, church or in in frequency and urgency as
ercranizatlon. -Throuffh these reo- tMW mu jrw-; butwxvcu.
7 1 ' W r .
resentatrve-women will be inform- business naa Diamea tne excess
A reeatdinff fair" cps far ne- Profits tax for stifling initiative
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rftssities and will be uwed not to ana prevenung expansion, um
pay exorbitant prices. cials ha lamed it for the high
Chnrches will he klld tva cost oi living, ii a way couia oe
to nrovide special ssermona on th found to eliminate this tax they
danger of the present orcrv of ex. Culd substitue for it something
n "-r - k-- w" - -7". 1 , . i '. - 1
travagarice. Through the schools wn,cn Zoma. "ol .creaie Wl m
. frr.rt will K .j. tn worse aissatisiaciion.
CI HV V TIM wv utaue W T tit. f
rentsvback to simple living, and
careful4 buying through sugges
tions $o the children.
HOOVER NOT FITr
Politically Incompetent For
Lack oi Party Aifiliation v
From Producer to Yon
'Garments made of cotton are
priced high, some person say.
because cotton costs so much.'
But an exhibit made oetore a
committee of the United States some the most feasible, was a
Senate the cost of cotton in ar- direct tax on sales that is, a tax
io on consumption. It would be
articles themselves were com- paid only on tne ultimate saie-
that is, on the transaction by
The purpose of the conference,
therefore, was consider what
sort of tax to substitute in case
the excess profits levy should be
abolished.
A number of suggestions have
been received. The one most
generally discussed, and which
appears to have been accepted by
$4.50
3.48
pared. Here's the result:
Ginghamcost of cotton,
25c; cost of article
YoUe cost of cotton,
19 l-2c; cost of articfe
Handkerchiefs r- cost of
cotton, 1 l-2c; cost of.
article -
Two pairs , socks cost of
cotton, 4: l-2c: cost ef ar
, tides -.
Obvious, the cotton growers
of the South are not "regretting
it!"
which the article sold passed into
the hands of the ultimate con
sumer. v The proposal now being
considered is; for a 1 per cent tax
on all "ultimate sales, " and such
a tax, according to various esti-
25 mates, would produce : from $l,r
300,000,000 to $1,500,000,000 an
nually, or a little more than the
excess profits tax produces.
30
Store Guts Gost of Living
A co-operative store, that has
been operated less than a year in
Florence. S. D., at the end of
Keep It Out of Hip Pockets
A person carrying whiskey in fiye months paid each stockhold
his hip pocket is in the same er a $37 dividend. The. store in
Combined attacks upon the
pretensions of Herbert Hoover to.-
I the Republican Presidential nom
ination have been ? made by lead
ers of the Republican State or
ganization and " by: the Hiram
Johnson campaign managers.
Herbert Parsons, Republican
National Committeeman, receiv
ed an invitation from Chairman .
jR.. Fulton Ontin, of the New
York City Hoover machinery, to
become a member of its ) cam
paign committee, Pareons, whoso
candidacy for national delegate
s being bitterly opposed by the
Hoover organization, made this
report: .'" -
"Your invitation- to-jomv a.
Greater New York Hoover com
mittee is declined. I believe in .
party government as Theodoro
Roosevelt did - that Repablicans
should nominate Republicans and
that a man who in 1918 advo
cated the election of a Demo
cratic Congress arid ; who in. Sep
tember, 1919, stated that he be
longed to ne party, both of which
Hoover did, is ; politically incom
petent to be an effective Repub- -lican
President no matter how
successful he was in the "auto
cratic position of fod controller
during the stress of war. " v
Johnson manager, Angus Mc
Sween, pointed out how under '
the California law Hoover,- who
opposes Senator Johnson, there,
is up to date ineligible even to
enter the Republican primaries '
because he has not endorsed or
repudiated the placing of his
name on the ballot.
It was said that questions put -
up by Johnson managers to
Hoover managers about which is
his party, and how often, if at
all, he has voted in the United
States, might be answered this:,
week. The questions include: ''-ft:
'Did not Hoover once . apply
for British citizenship papers?".
category as the outlaw caught that time had done a $b4,0UU
wtth a burglar's kit, according business. s Here "are a few speci-
to a ruling by Justice Garvis m men prices:
the Brooklyn Federal court. He
held that it js justifiable for an
officer without a warrant to use
as evidence in a Federal case
Iiauor found m the pocket oi a
person who has been arrested.
The ruling was made in the
case of Frank Murphy, on whoia
five half -pint flasks of whiskey
ware found after the police had
arrested him on a charge of in
toxication. The defendant was
turned over to the Federal au
thorities and ; prosecuted for al
leged violation of the Volstead
law. ' . '
"An Unusual Happening
For the first time in the his
tory of Wake democracy, ' this
county-will be represented . by
women delegates at the state
convention, which will gather in
Raleigh today. Clouds of ex
pected tempest were rolled away,
and with the dove of peace reign
ing, the Wake county democrat
ic convention has delegated five
women to join the ranks of the
62 delegates to take part in the
deliberations of the state con
clave this week. Raleigh American.
Farm Help Scarce in Vermont
, Thousands of maple sugar
trees are going untapped
this year because of the inability
of the farmers to secure help.
Children's shoes, of a brand
selling for $4.75 -elsewhere, cost
$3.50 a pair. :. ' ,
Pure mixed candies;, retailing
at 50 cents a pound, 25 cents in
this farmers' store. t
Fancy cakes and cookies are 14
to 17, cents a pound, 20 to 35
cents in private-owned stores.
Bulk coffee of excellent grade,
35 cents a pound.
pther Tprices range from 5 to
50 per cent less than prevailing
standards. 4 ; ; J
A manager and three clerks
are kept busy. V
Will Again Ran For Senate
Anne Martin, defeated : two
years ago for the United States
senate in Nevada, announced
from her headquarters that she
would make the race again, this
year for the Republican nomina
tion. Miss Martin said she
would accept .he nomination if
offered on her platform, which
included opposition ' to the .peace
treaty and the league of nations.
Miss Martin declared that un
der no circumstances would she
make a lone fight in the primary
against a bi-partisan fusion can
didate, and if so opposed would
run as an independent.
A few miles south of Los An
geles is the largest bean acreage
in the world, under one owrier-
nonsenuentlv. a scarcity: of ma- ship. The Irvine ranch has 35,-
.A w r .
Die svrup and maple; sugar fcr 000 acres planted in beans, whbh
the markets of the country iri bring the growers more than $3, -prospect
: . : 1000,000. . : . .
PAREGORIC.
I hear the government is go
ing to pass a law which will be
of real benefit to us."
. MWhat isit?" v ;
"Every man will be allowed to '
retain a small per eent.of- his
earnirigs, whichlie may consider
as his own." Life r
r ....
Pat-Oi'm thot thirsty if Oi had
a bucket av beer Oi'd dridk the
whole sup av it barring the sup
Oi'd lave for yez, Moike.
Mike Faith, Oi think ye might
say ye'd lave the half av it, see
in there's no chance av ye get
tin's the bucketful. Exchange.
Dutch manufacturers are try
ing to introduce the habit of
wearing wooden shoes in this
country. They will be cheaper
thari leather , shoes. Also they
are a great producer oi . noise.
With wooden shoes , on some of
Pittsboro's young men's feet
there'll be no sneaking up the
stairs after 12 ' o'clock and not
wakening mother. Wfcy, he'll
be lucky not to wake up every
body in town.
Law Took Swift Course
Twenty-four hours after, his
arrest and convictien, John Hood
Price, 43 years old, a negro, was
hanged at St. Augustine, Tex. ,
for the murder of John Kennedy,
a farmer..
The murderer was indicted by
a special grand jury, and a trial
jury found him guilty at a night
session. . Nearly 2,000 persons
saw Price hiount the scaffold in
the public square.