BLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878;
CO.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1921,
VOL. XL! II NO. 23
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ISSI0NERS MEET
ue Services of County Agent
. Kinsey Other
Proceedings
ounty Commissioners met
nday and Tuesday with
Ward, Chairman, J. W.
and J. D. Willett present.
Commissioners discontin-
services of County Agent
Kinsey. The State De
nt of Agriculture asked
mmissioners to increase
ount the County was pay
ards Mr. Kinney's salary
600 to $1200. The Com
ers considered that the fi-
of the County would not
them doing this, so they
fa Mr. Kinsey that his ser-
would have to be discon-
las ordered by the Board,
I R. Dowdy be allowed $2
onth for the support of
son Dowdy.
following bills were ap-
ted and ordered paid: i
,. C. Clark, cooking
County Home, $ 7 50
Clark, Superinten-
t County Home, 41 66
Dezern, capturing
, : 10 00
Dezern, 1 day's ser-
fe inventory Co. Home, 2 00
e Telephone Co., tel-
tone service, v? y id bo
r Bros.,1 material and
or Gum Springs road, 36 96
. Still, capturing one
1 complete, : - 20 (0
. Taylor, jailer, 51 CO
lr. Morris, capturing v"
still complete, 20 00
Johnson, capturing
fe still complete, 20 00
I. Crutchfield, captur-; ,
r one still mplete, 0 t0p
El. Sco'tft::icapturini'3
Ills, 30 00
Kelly, work on bridge 15 CO
. Gilmore, 3 days poll-'
llder. 9 00
H. Rives, 4 1-2 days
rk nn roads. 5 50
. Seagrove9, one day
illholder. 3 00
j. Brooks, Coroner, ex-
nses inquest of Dennis
ewart, uu
H. Brooks, Coroner, .
ewing body Mrs. W. A.
)oper, 2 50
Dks & Eubanks, supples
r court house, 7 67
r City Grit, printing
id advertising, 36 58
;eof N.C., registration
id poll books, 7 63
- itham Hdw Co., supplies
ounty Home, 5 85
ph Riggsbee, capturing
.till, 20 00
M. Womble, coffin for
auper, . 10,00
liams & McKeithan
.umber Co., lumber, 4 89"
ithamHdw Co., stove
nd accessories, 22 zo
xander & Tyson, sup-
llies for road f orce, 11 00
. MGore. freight, 10 30
P. Murchison, supplies .
oad force, 39 61
H. Hancock, capturing
till, . 15 uu
.MyrleFarrell, services 25 00
C. Poe. salary and post-
B. Norwood, salary, 33 33,
l.il f- t
Ind advertising, ' 74 35
L. Johnson, one day as '
oil holder, 3 00
L. Griffin, salary and .
senses, 138 bo
D. Siler, Solicitor, 24 00
over Cooper, burial ex-'
senses Robt. Cooper, 10 w
cn Burke, burial expen- ,
ARurrt Pig's Weight
!Mrs. J. N. Holt recently killed
a 4-mpnths-old shoat that weigh-
u xo pounds. This may not ap
pear out of the ordinary at first
consideration, but the history of
thepig shows-that it is worthy
of recognition. It was a runt,
and when only three weeks old
it was taken from its mother and
raised by Mrs. Holt. Some of
her neighbors ridiculed the idea
of her trying to. do anything with
the little pipy which at that time
showed no promise of any growth
whatever, but Mrs. Holt persist
ed in her undertaking and suc
cessfully raised it to be a sizable
porker.
A Marriage at Acme
A pretty wedding took place at
Acme, N. CM Christmas morn
ing, the interested parties being
Charles E. White, of Lockhaven,
Pa., and Miss Nell Rooks Marks,
of Acme. The bride is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. MarKS,
formerly of Chatham County.
The music , for the occasion. was
rendered by Mi ss Elva Harring
ton, another former Chathamite.
Mohcure School News
The Moncure School opened
for the spring term under very
favorable circumstances on Mon
day, Jan. 3rd, after a two weeks'
close for the holidays. The school
opened promptly at 8:45 a. m.
All the pupils were on the grounds
in time to enter the line of march,
therefore no tardies for the open
ing ,day. The number of tardies
has been unusually small for the
number of pupils enrolled and
considering the . distance that
many have to come. But a spe
cial effort will be made to make
the number of tardies , even less
during the spring; term. The
working spirit among the pupils
seenjx&be esiellentf and'
teachers are expecting splendid
results from the year's work.
The ladies of the community
are invited to meet at the school
building Thursday afternoon, Jan.
13, at 3:30 p. m., for the purpose
of organizing a Betterment As
sociation or a Civic League. Ev
eryone who is interested in th a
welfare of the school and the
community is urged to be here
promptly at 3:30 p. m.
. M. L. U.
There were 5,280 bales of cot
ton ginned in Chatham County
from the crop of 1920 ; prior to
December 13, 1920, as compared
with 6,466 bales ginned to Dec.
13, 1919.
Ruth Gordon, a pretty actress
but bow-legged, recently had
both legs broken below the knee
to have them straightened. - She
will stay in a Chicago hospital
for the next three months.
ses j. E. Burke,
Chatham Oil and Fertili
zer Co. supplies County
Home,
J. J. Womble, 9 days poll
holder, .
W. L. London & Son, sup
plies court house,
W. L. London & Son, sup
plies County Home,
J.C. Lanius, supplies court
' house,
Tom Leach, extra help,
H. S. torr Co., typewriter
supplies,
H. S. Storr & Co. , supplies
court house, . t
Pound & Moore Co., ledger
10 00
9 96
27 00
6 18
20 40 !
6 05
5 70
9 52
4 00
Edwards & Broughton Lo.
printing. '.
20 0OL14O;oOO.
Mrs. W.E. Oldham, fun
eral expenses W. E. Old
ham, -
H. A. Byrium, road work,
10 00
10 62
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Brick Haven Notes
4 Corinth, Dec, 25; A splendid
crowd was at the Christmas' tree
Tuesday night. - The house was
filled to its capacity and the lit
tle folks were all happy because'
of Santa's generosity. School is
dismissed for the ; holidays until
Monday, Jan3. ?: ; : - J -
rhe pupils are much interest
ed in the new health cards re
ceived this week. All blah to
start thenew year by trying to
live up the hygiene rules on the
cards.. By doing: so and sending
the record to the National Tuber
culosis Association a proper re
ward will be given each child.
We wish to thank the School
Committee for the:' new sand ta
ble that has been added to our
equipment.
Grace Harrington, one of our
last year's pupils, visited school
one day this week. She is now
living in Graham. . . ; ;
The Program Committee of
the Corinth-Brickhaven Com
munity Club announces the fol
lowing subject and partial pro
gram for. their next meeting at
Corinth, Jan. 7, 1921,. Subject;
"Old Maids and Old Bachelors. "
Debate, Resolved, "ThatOld Bach
elors Should Be Taxed to Support
Old Maids,? J, T Speakers, affirma
tive: Misses Rosa Mann, Rose
Marks,, Gayle Mims. Negative:
Messrs. , Wicker, Koohtz Black
and Avery Marks. Song, ; 4 'Old
Maids," by some of them. All
members are expected to respond
to their names at the call with a
juoke quotation or original senti
ment on the subject.
Victory Medals
It has come to the notice of
the War Department that in the
great part of the country the
people are under the impression
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"1 that only thpse soldiers who
7 rserverse?
receive Victory Medals. For this
reason the Adjutant General of
the Army has shipped 4,500 Vic
tory Medals and 2,500 clasps for
cervice in France to the recruit
ing officer at Greensboro, N. C,
and instructed him to distribute
them direct to the ex-soldiers.
Medals will be awarded upon pre
sentation of discharge certifi
cates. Applications may be made
at the recruiting station in per
son or by mail. The recruiting
officer states that all parties en
titled to Victory Medals, wheth
er with or without clasps, should
write to. him ot once, before the
present supply is exhausted, and
secure an application blank. For
convenience the following may
be used:
Army Recruiting Officer, Greens
boro, N. C:
Dear Sir: Please send me a
Victory Medal application blank.
I served in the U. S. Armjr dur
ing the World War as an - -(state
whether enlisted man or
officer.) My full name is-
street and number, postoffice
box. rural route , box, city or
town and State.
Motor Vehicles
Revised fierures show that 142.-
288 motor vehicles were register-
in this State durinsr 1920. fees
totalling: $1,785,000. No rereg-
istration or transfer is recorded.
of the total registration. 127.415
were nassenger cars, 13,455 were
2 50itrnpks and 1 418 were motorcy-
cles. There are no figures about
tractors and chauffeurs. The
locf set of fierures announced
gave the total . registration as
It is said that victims who have
had influenza will be immune
from it for several years.: : -
Important Meeting
A meeting will be held at the
courthouse at one . o'clock Tues
day, January 18. Everyone is
cordially invited to be present
aid hear all about the America n
Products Export and Import Cor
poration, which has been formed
to .help move some of the surplus
cotton and other products out of
this country by selling them to
Europe. This country is already
operating and is being backed by
southern men in every kind of
business, and has, the endorse
ment of the Agricultural Dept.,
The American Cotton Association,
the bankers and the. other lead
ing men of the State. Informa
tion can be obtained from D. L.
Alsiori as to the plan of its oper
ation '
Baldwin Roads
The Baldwin Township roads
have just been completed. This
township issued $30, 000 worth of
bonds; and with this fund 14
miles;, of roads have been con
structed and eleven bridges have
been-built. Part of these roads
have.been surfaced.
: This road work in Baldwin was
in charge of Lancaster & Sons,
contractors. From all the re
ports that we hear, the work has
beendone very satisfactorily, and
meets with the approval of the
Baldwin Townshio road commis
sion in every particular.
Bank Officers
The stockholders of the Bank
of Pittsboro met here Tuesday
afternoon and elected the follow
ing directors for this year: J.
B. At water, Wade Barber, D. L.
Belli W. M. Eubanks, W. H.Fer
guson,! James L. Griffin, E. R.
Hintor, R. J. Johnson, A. H.
London, J. C. Lanius, B. M. Poe,
V-
C D. Moore, B. Nooe, M. T.
andJHJfembl
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The directors then proceeded
to elect the following officers for
1921: President, A: H. London;
Vice-President, B. Nooe; Cash
ier, James L. Griffin; and Assist
tant Cashier, W. L. Farrell.
An Old Time Party
Editor of The Record:
At the home of W. AElling
ton, Dec. 30, Mhs Lois Ellington
gave to 22 little girls of Pitts
boro an old time country party.
They came on time, dressed in
their prettiest, ready for a good
time. At 3:i5 they were invited
into the dining room by Mrs. Nat
Hill and Mrs. Jeter Griffin, who
handled the children as though
they were accustomed to it. Or
anges and sugar were served as
the first course; second course,
peaches, cream and cake; third
course, candy, nuts and apples.
I never saw grown girls act
more lady like than- these did.
Not a hitch occurred. Some brie
is to blame fbr this. Their moth
ers and teachers have done their
duty.
After the meal, out on the lawn
they went and for one hour you
never saw children enjoy them
selves so much. I went out to
see them play. Some one pass
ing asked whose children were
they. I told him they were mine.
God gives us good things. God
bless- them. 1 love the old time
parties, don't you. E.
Church Services
Rev. L. Smith, of Fayetteville,
will hold services at the Presby
terian Church Sunday at II a.m.
and 7 p.m. All are cordially in
vited t) attend.
In the last seven years Ernest
Miller, of St. Louis, has been ar
rested 473 times. He got eight
years on his last sentence.
HAS THE COST OF
LIVING GONE DOWN?
The cost of living has not gone
down. It costs even more to live
today than it did cne year ago.
The new year opaned with an ac
companiment of rosy forecasts
of relief for consumers. There
is much basis for hope in the
price recessions noted. But the
bald fact is today that your dol
lar bill has no greater purchas
ing power than in the holidays
twelve months ago. Cold figures,
compiled with an accuracy that
defies contradiction, offer irre
futable proof that the high cost
of living remains high. And the
wind-jamming of prophets and
propagandists, now using the
fanciful plea that lowered living
costs warrant deep cuts in the
wages for which the average
man toils, gets no where and is
made to look ridiculous. High
food cost, or it can be truthfully
said, higher food costs, stands
out as the main thing that puts a
crimp in the public purse.
Review of the year 1920 by
government experts shows that
within the twelve-month period
prices on practically, all things
considered in the average family
schedules rose to unprecedented
hefghts. The high "peak" on
many principal staples was reach
ed last spring. There have been
some price declines from the
"peak" points toward the close
of the year. But the price, re
cessions thus far noted are gen
erally upon isolated articles and
reflect no wide-spread reductions.
In fact, upon most things the
consumer has to buy he is paying
as much as he did a year ago,
ana on some commoaities ne is
paying much higher prices. Such
price tumbles as have occurred,
as tor - example, . on sugar, are
conic6pus:for treir mall num--
l-iAve Vilr in Vinvmor ciiarar -fny 1H
bers, but in buying sugar for 10
or 11 cents a pound you are nay'
irig just about what you paid for
it a year ago a war price. The
scattered instances of price tum
bles have been woefully restrict
ed to a group of things that soar
ed to "dizzy heights within the
year 1920. Generally, then, men
and women are still paying "war
prices" on practically all, they
buy, and consumers of every
class are being harder hit at ev
ery end of the buying game than
they were at any time in either
the year 1918, when prices" began
ascending, or in 1919, when
threats of still higher prices be
came real. W. H.Atkins, Wash
ington Correspondent.
Lady Holds Up Burg
lar With a Spoon
, Awakened at an early hour
Sunday morning by the clicking
of a key in the front door of her
apartment, Miss Bertha . Miller,
New York, crept noiselessly from
bed, drew a shining object from
a buffet drawer and waited.
A man came through the door.
He felt something press against
his ribs and heard an order: "Be
have now, keep your hands up
and sit down in that chair." He
obeyed. Miss -Miller, called her
sister, who opened a window and
blew a police whistle.
Police came. Miss Miller sigh
ed, sank into a chair and threw
a silver, spoon on the table. The
man, who said he was Michael
Amio, was held in $2,500 bail on
a technical chag3 of burglary.
Henry Menke, a Kensington,
W. Va., miner received $690 for
only one month's pay. And still
h3 is not happy.
KILLS BRUTE FATHER
Alta Stewart Shoots Her Father
After He Had Nearly Whip
' ped Her to Death
Sunday afternoon, about four
o'clock, Alta Stewart, the 18-year-old
daugh ter of Dennis Stew
art, colored, shot and killed him
at their home about half a mile
south of Mej ry Oaks. . Coroner
George H. Brooks was notified of
the killing and summoning a jury
he held an inquest over the dead
man. The jury, after all the ev
idence was in, returned a verdict
that the girl was justified in
shooting her father.
From what can be gathered it
is said that last Friday Stewart,
who was about 40 or 45 years old,
had some words with his daugh
ter about a trivial matter, and
becoming enraged he picked up
a stick of wood and knocked her
down. That night she ran off to
a neighbor's as he had threaten
ed to kill her. Some time Sat
urday afternoon he hitched his
horse to the buggy and said he
was going to the mill. He also
loaded his pistol remarking that
he was also going after his daugh
ter to kill her, and was going to
kill the whole family. There
were six in the family, but two of
his older boys had already left
home on account of ill treatment.
While the father was awqy the
daughter went back to her home.
When Stewart returned he beat
the girl again. In fact, he made
her strip and wore out a hickory
switch on her body. Not bdiig
satisfied with thatthe brute turn
ed the butt end of the hickory
and wore .that out on her.
Sunday he beat her again. She
asked her brother, who was old
er than the girl, to help . her.
About 4 o'clock the father again
giarteto.whip:
mwl'o ViwN'Hrk. .'nuimtk tr'fTiA Vinnnf Vl
at the front door and" spoke to
his father, ; then the infuriated
man turned on his son, who ran
out the door and around to the
rear of the house. .
Seeing the gun behind the door
the half-crazed girl jerked it up
and as the maddened man came
in front of the window she fired
the load of shot in his back, kill
ing him instantly.
It is said the dead negro bore
a very bad reputation and that
he killed his wife about three
years ago.
New Bank Cashier V
Mr. W. E. Alley, cashier of
the Farmers Bank tare, has ac
cepted a position in a bank-at
Durham and left last Saturday
to take charge. He is succeeded
by Mr. C. A. Pool, late cashier
of a bank at Dover. '
The citizens of Pittsboro hate
to see Mr. Alley leave, as he is a
man that any town should Ye
proud of. He and his wife willi
be sorely missed by their absence.
Mr. Pool is highly spoken of and
will be received with open arms:
by the citizens here.
Small Firs
The watchman at the Chatham'
oil mill here Sunday morning
about 4 o'clock discovered ablaze
among some cotton seed hulls. -The
alarm was given and in a few '
minutes a few citizens 'got busy"
and the fire was soon extinguish-;
ed. Very little damage was done.
It is not known how the fire orig
inated. i
While loading crosstie.'.hurs
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day; one of v them slipped and
mashed a firiger on Archie Ray's
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