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-PTTTSBORO. CHATHAM CO.. THURSDAY, JANUARY IS.' 1921:
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FATALLY BURNED
Mrs. Q.W. Riggsbee Burned to Death
at Her Home in Co'on Last
Thursday Morning
Mrs. G. W. Riggsbee, mother
fcf Mr. Fred Riggsbee, of Pitts-
Soro, was fatally burned at her
ome in Colon last Thursday
morning and died in a Sanf ord
Hospital Friday. She was bur
ied at the Turner's. Chapel Chris
tian Church Cemetery Saturday,
Rev. T. E. Whhte conducting the
funeral services, assisted by Rev.
J. J. Boone, of Pittsboro.
It is not exactly r known how
Mrs. Riggsbee came to be burn
ed, but it is supposed that she
had a fainting attack, which
she was subject to, and fell in or
near enough to the fire for her
clothes to catch. Her body, face
and arms were fearfully burne
i When found, after she had given
I the alarm, she was sitting in a
I chair, her cloching still burning.
She told her husband to purout
the fire in the house, which was
burning in several places. He
soon smothered out the burn
ing clothes and she was Jmmedi
ately wrapped in a blanket and
hurried to a hospital. After she
was placed in an automobile she
lost consciousness and never re
gained it any more.
When friends reached the house
! the room was in a full blaze Dutf
I hard work soon extinguished the
! fire. Nearly everything in the
! room was ruined; A quilt, hi
frames, on which the unfortuV
nate lady had been at work, wss
burned.
Mrs. Riggsbee was 54 years of
age and leaves, " beside her hus
band, four children, three daugh
ters and one son, who will sadly
miss ben She w'asrlsUin
woman, affectionate, jkind and
true and she had many friends
who will regret to learn of her
sad death. v 1
Important Aleeting
A meetin g of farmers and bus
iness men will be held at. the
courthouse at one o'clock Tues-:
day, January 18. Everyone is
I cordially invited tobe present
j a 1 hear all about the Amer ican
f Products Export ahdJmpOrt Cor-
t poration, which has been-fplrmedl
rrf- fVio an mine
cotton and other products out of
this country by selling them to
Europe. This company is already
operating and is being backed by
southern menin every kind of
business, and ; has ; th ; endorse
ment of the Agricultural DtipS'l
TheAmerican Cotton Association
the bankers and the ether; lead
ing men of the State. Informa
tion can be obtained fronvD. L.
Alston as to the pjan of its' oper
ation, ' ;-;
MfSi QMf fin Entertains
Mrs. James L. Griffin ehter
ttaifted Friday afternoon from 4
to 6 complimentary to the teach
ers of the Pittsboro High-School
and a few friends. ,
After an hour spent in convex
sation and listening to the Vic
trola, the guests were invited
into the dining room where a de
licious chicken salad course with
coffee and cake was served. . ; 1
Those present' were: Misses
Lossie and Lula Stone; Nellie
Pilkington, Louise Stalvey, Mary
Griffin, Ethel Johnson, Clara
Johnson, Mesdames A. H. Lon
don and Wrenn. . .
Roy Cole, a student at the Uni
versity, is in Watts Hospital, Dur
ham, where he went to be oper
ated on for appendicitis. ;;
SUPERIOR COURT
Will Convene Here Monday For Trial
r' Criminal and Civil Cases, Judge
C. C. Lyon Presiding
Chatham County Superior Court
Will convene here Monday, Janr
uary 17th, for the trial of crimi
nal and civil cases. Judge C. C.
Lyon, of Elizabeth town, will pre
sided The following is the cal
endar 'of civil: cases, which will
be taken up as soon as the crim
inal docket is disposed of:
THURSDAY, JAN., 20
188 J W Williams vs AhnieWil
liams ; v
32 J C Lane vs R G Lassiter
21 , Silef City Loan & Trust Co
vs H B Hannah
161 v L N Womble vs C B Phil
' lips '-
107 Robert Palmer vs T M By
num ;
118
127
-38
119
L C Ellington vs Jack John
son - :
L C Ellington vs F C Bad
ders. N .S Clark vs H S Fox ,
. RL Eubanks vs George W
Sellars ; ) ; ' :
FRIDAY, JAN.. 21
James B Dunn vs Elmer
Lemons et al
Hardware Store vs Mrs Ora
120
128
: B Jordan
132 . Mrs C 0 Crutchfield, Extrx
; vs C Q Hamlet, Admr
CC Hamlet, Admr et al vs
Mrs C 0 Crutchfield et al.
145 Charlie Williams .vs C C
Hamlet, Admr
143 F ! Burgess vs A D Burgess
148 J THenderson ys Will Cot-
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162 W S Durham vs Rwy Ex
- press Co : .-
163 :W S Durham vs Rwy Ex-
press Co ;. .: ' : ' '. v .
173' McHaney & Co vs Mitchell
189 John H. Briggs vs Annie C
Briggs v . ; , ;
Bank Officers
The following officers and
rectors of the Farmers' Bank
here have been elected for this
4
year: " :'
President T. M. Bland,
; Istryice-Pres.A. C. Ray.
. 2nd Vicie-Pres. J. M. Garner.
;Chier7-C. A. Poole. A
Director -T. M. Blard, A. M.
Riddle, JM. Garner, J. D. Wom
ble, T. L. "Burns," W'. P. Horton,
V. R. Johnson, S. D. Johnson,
Roland M. Stedman, A; C. Ray.
I A. C. Ray was re-elected at
torney. '.T ' '-- '
t Mrs, Hinton, Hostess
On Fri4ay Vihiflg, January 6,
Mrs. Rv Hintbn entertained
from 8i t5 3 h Tables were: ar
ranged in the living room for
pardsv At the. close of the games
Mrs. Hinton, assisted by her
mother, 1 Mrs. James Wrenn,
seived a tempting salad course.'
: Those present .were: Misses
Nellie Pilkington, Evelyn Als
Btbn, Louise Stalvey, Mrs. H.. R.
Nooe, Mrs. James Wrenn, Messrs.
D. B. Nooe, Victor Johnson and
Winston Alston, of Littleton.
Still Captured ;
Officer Lasater and Deputy
i Sheriffs Lasater and Scott cap
tured a still and two men: near
Wallace's Chapel in New Hope
Township last Friday night. The
two men, Wade Mills and Exum
Goodwin, were bound over to the
January term of Superior Court
by N. J. Wilson, Justice of the
Peace, under a $1,000 bond
each. '
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Hon. Cameron Morrison, Who
North Carolina Yesterday y
Woman's Club
Reported for The Record: .
On last Wednesday, afternoon -
the Woman's Club met with Mrs. 1 relative : to the -public squared
E. A. Farrell and Mrs. -R. M;:at Havwood in this Cnntv- , -
FarreU at the horne of the former, j
f mis meeting it r was ueciueu part of Chatham County, form
to sell oysters during ..the ap-, erly known as the incorporated
proaching term of Court, .which
nyeeC0ri
TMroceMsrof -salear
used for the benefit of the school.
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Walker Blair and Uacob Thomp-j
son were named as a committee
to conduct this sale. . ! croachments on this State land
AH members of the iGlub'ar: and certaip unauthorized occupa
asked to.contribute to the abx)ve tion cf same; and, ; ri ? ;t ;
sale. ;,H:--;;-r::-tvrr; Iv "Whereas, It is desirable that
The, following collect was adop- certain public spirited individuals
ted by the Club: . . t be appointed to protect the m-
"Keep.us, O God, from petti- terest of the public ia the usage
ness; let us be large in thought, of this land and to take any pos
in word, in deed. f (sible steps for the improvement
"Let us be: done with, fault-of same; now, -therefore ,
finding and leave off self -seeking. j "The General Assembly of North
' "May: we put away all pretense Carolina do r enact: - i v i
and meet each other face tpface, ? "Section, 1. That T.W. Church
without self-pity and without ill, E. E. Walden and J. F Dick-'
prejudice." ;.U, ;, ,v r-?v-- ens, all residents of "Chatham
"May we neVersbe; hastyJn County. North Carolinaiare here
judgment, and, always generous. ' by appointed trustees and giiard-
"Let us take time for all things ians of the public interest in that
make us to grow calm, serious, tract of ; land : situated in what
gentle. Z' V- -4-, X: -WftS formerly tho incorprated
"Teach us to put into action town of Haywood Haw River
our betterl impulses, : straightf or- township, Chatham County, North
ward. and unafraid. . , ! parolina,r which tract of land is
"Grant that - we v may realize owned by the Stete and has been
that it is the little things that dedicated for public use as a pub
create differences; that in the big lie square. r-; V;:;
things of life we are as one. ,;i "Sec. 2. The aforesaid trust-
"And may we strive to touch ees are hereby authorized and
and to know the great common empowered to take all necessary
woman's heart of us all, and steps to secure the interest of the
"O, Lord God, let us not for- people in said land and to pre
get to be kind. Amen." vent unauthorized and improper
At the close of the business encroachments thereon by any
session a salad course was served.' persons whatsoever.
Mrs. Jas; L. Griffin and Miss . "Sec. 3. That this act shall be
Nellie Pilkington will be the host- m force from and after its ratin
esses to the Club at the February cation.
mng at the home of Mrs. . V church Services
Carney W. Bynum, son of Mr. ' Services will be held at the
and Mrs. Henry A; Bynum; is a Baptist Church here next Sunday
page in the House of Represent at 11 a. -m., conducted by the
tatives of the present e session of pastor, Rev. W. B. Watt.- All
the Legislature.. . We arainform- are cordially invited to attend
ed that Carney won this7position There wiH be services at the
over much opposition on the me- Episcopal Church Sunday at
rits of his politeness, intelligence a. m. and 4:15. p.; mv Sunday
and manliness; School at 3 p. m. . -
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Was ; In
Bill Iritfoduced
Representative 'rIh;;X'-Lane
has intrcSuced the following bill
1 tWhereas,' There is in that
tdiT of "Haywoodr Haw ! River
uesigneu as a tjuuiic square; ana,
yhereas, There have recent
ly been certain unauthorized en
COMMISSIONERS MEET
Discuss Several Road Prooositions.
. But- Postpone Action
- Bills . Paid
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The County Commissioners met
here Monday, A. T. Ward, Chair
man J. W. Griffin and J. D. Wil
lett being present. They dis
cussed . several road propositions,
but action, , on ; these was post
poned. . i . ' - . j v
. The following r bills : were ap:
proved and ordered paid: i .
B.:JUtley,2 days pollholder $6.00
G. .W; Bl air ; services for ' -'
December, . v ;: 208.33
M: F.; Norwood, pollhplder, 3.00
J. W. Burke, pollholder, .3.00
J. E. Williams, pollholder, c 3.00
W. M.j Scott, capturing two
stills and 1 cap and worm 30.00
: J Corinth News
Corinth,. J an. 11 . After spend
ing afirery; pleasant vacation . of
tejiSdjays "the -pupils and teachers
re-ass smbled Monday t Jan. 3, for
the orenihg of the spring term
of "school. The majority of. the
former, pupils were back accom
panied by several new' ones, mak
ing the enrollment 65. i :;
Thfi pupils are Moing splendid
work preparing- themselves for
the mid-term examin ation which
will be held within the next few
weeks, v; -; - : v 1 ;;; X " - " ; '
We were glad to wel come visi-.
tors to the school every .day last
week. " v '-: -. ; " V; ' ; " , ;i
Several new families have
moved in ; and around Corinth
during the past weeki We are
very glad to have them thrown
in our,midst. 5
- .On . Wednesday afternoon the
members of the Buckhorn Church
met for the purpose of making
plans for a new building. It was
would be erected liear the Cor-
intrr school building.
, 1 J. E. Dickens left Tuesday for
WiasHington? after spehdirig1. the
holidays with his parens. ;
Luther Rollins, of Atlanta; Ga. ;
spent a few days in Cbfintli dur
ing the holidays; ; ? X!
Mr. and Mrs. Mi l. EITis left
for Norfolk Saturday after spend
ing a while with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Harrington.
Ray Cross is at home on a visit
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Cross.
TheltCorinth-Brick Haven Com
muhtty Club met Friday evening,
an 7i t Corinth. The subject
for the evening-was Old Maids
and Old Bachelors. ' At the be
ginning of the program seven
new members were initiated and
received into the the club by
making not . enough out of the
word "Enough." All the mem
bers answered to the roll call
with a; joke or an: original sen tir
mention the . subject" X''-
A very interesting debate was
successfully rendered: ; query,
"Resolved, That Old Bachelors
Should Be Taxed to Support Old
Maids." . The judges were Mrs.
O. C. Kennedy, Mrs. M. I. Ellis
and S. W. Harrington. The af
firmative was; the winning side.
After the debate a; very humor
ous song was sung by three old
maids.
The next meeting will be held
at Brick Haven Jrnuary 21. Ah
old time arthmetic and spelling
bee will be r. rendered, and every
arxpi rresent is allowed to . take
part in the program.
The remains of Lieut G. Bond,
son of W. M. Bond, of Edenton,
arrived there " Sunday. Lieut.
Bond was wounded at the battle
in the Argonne and died a month
iar .
M i 1 1 ion ackets Of :
Flover Seeds Freo
We belieT in ? flowers around the
homes of the South.'. Flowers brighten ,.
up the home surroundings and give
pleasure and satisfaction to those who
have them. T ' -
We have filled more than a millloa'
packets : of seeds, of beautiful yet
easily grown; flowers ..to be giren to -our
customers . this spring for the
beautifying of their . homes. : , . i .
. Wouldn't you like to . haW fire
packets of beautiful flowers free?
YOU CAN GET THEM! Hastings
1921 catalog is a 116-page handsomely V
illustrated r seed book with' twenty
beautiful pages showing the finest va
rieties in their true natural colors.'
Ifc.is full of helpful garden; flower, and ;
farm information; that is needed, in,
every homeland, too, the catalog tells ,
you how to get these flower seeds ab
solutely free: 1:7 r
; Write for our 1921 catalog now. It
is the finest, most valuable and. beau
: tiful seed book ever published, and
you will be mighty glad you've got it.
There is no obligation . to buy any-.
thing.; Just ask for the catalog.
H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN,
" " ; ATLANTA, GA. :
'XX'-r REPORT -;-;;.";'-.;
: of the condition of the
BANK OF PITTSBORO.
AT PITTSBORO IN THE STATE OP
' - 'JUOBTH, CAROLINA, , . .'
at the close of business Dec. 29, 1320.,
. - '" Resources.;
J.qans and discounts !.173,046 80 ,
Demand loans ,1,1 00 00
Oyerdrafls,secured,r '
' unsecured, :. ' 184 25 .
United States Bonds & Lib-
erty Bbn ds w... 9, 326 22 f
North Carolina State bonds . . 5,000 00
All other stocks ( bonds and ':
.Mortgages.-..-- . 9,147 00
B mking iiouse, $4,000; fur
niture and fixtures, $2,000 6,000 00
Cash in vault and net amounts .
1 . due; from banks, bankers
and trust companies ...i 33,329 73 -
Cash items held over 24 hours 841 00
phecks for clearing...- . 3,782 76 ,
Total .8241,657 91 .
v Liabilities. r . - -Capital
stoclr paid in .520,000 00
Surplus fund1- 5,00000
Undivided ; profits, less cur- . '
reut expenses and taxes p'd 5,476 77
Bills payable 10,000 00 -
Deposits subject to check 131,703 29
Tim' CPrtificat es of deposit.. 67, 094 89
CashierTs checks outstanding 1,382 96
Accrued interest due deposi- . .
tors . 1,000 00'
TotalL .8241,657 91 .
State -of - WORTH; 1? AHOLiN A, County
' of Chatham Tjan-llr 1921." 7;
I, Jar L; Griffin, Cashier of thdv.""
above-named bah'ft; do solemnly sWr ' '
that'theabove statement Is.true to. ,tliei
best of my know led sre and belief. ;
' JAS. L. GRIFFIN, Cashier. ..v.
j. Subscribed and swornio before me. .
this 11th da? of January, 1921.
G. R. PILKINGTON, v .
rX: Notary Public." '
My commission expires Jan. 22, 1922 ;.
Correct Attest;,
v; - W. H. FERGUSON,
: Tti J. JOHNSON,
W. M. EUBANKS
0 ' -. Directors.
- Tax Notice
. ... ,This is to notify all taxpayers
ol Chatham . County' who have
not paid their 192(F taxes that I '
received a letter from the State
Auditor about the last if Decem
ber informing me not to charge
the one per cent penalty on 1920
taxes until after February 1
1921. ' '; X':-- ' ' "'.
For the convenience- of those .
who have not paid their taxes
for the year 1920 I will be at the ,
places below mentioned ondssig- ;
hated dates: v
Goldston, the Bank of Golds
ton, Monday -afternoon, January
Bennett the Bank of Ben
nett, Tuesday morning, January
25. . . : ' '.
Bonlee, the Bank , of Bonlee,
on Tuesday afternoon, January -
25. ' ;
Siler City, the Hadley Hotel.
Wednesday,,ah day, January 25.
Merry Oaks,. Cotton's Store, .
on Friday morning, January 28.
W. M. Scott's Store, Friday af
ternoon, January 28.
Farrington, Lasater Brothers'
Store, Saturday all day, January
29. ,
Your taxes will be at the net
amount charged during the month
of January.
After the 1st day of February,. .
1921, a PENALTY of one per
cent for each additional month
of delay in the settlement of the
taxes will be charged and collec-
ted. THEREFORE, I ask you :
to PLEASE COME AND SET
TLE, and avoid the penalty andi
cost. . Yours sincerely,
: G. W. BLAIR, :.- -Sheriff
Chatham, County.
Pittsboro; Ni C, Jan. 10, 1921.