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Established sept. 19,4878.
PITTSBORO; CHATHAM CO.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27. 1921 .
VOL. XLII1 NO. 26
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SUPERIOR COURT
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Adjourned Last Friday Morning Sen-
I tences Pronounced ThurS-
I day Afternoon
j The January term of Chatham
Superior Court adjourned here
1 as t Friday morning. On account
of the length of the criminal
docket all civil cases that were
calendared for this term, except
that of J. W. Williams vs Annie
Williams, were continued. Judge
C. C. Lyon, who presided, im
pressed all very favorably with
the dispatch and ; fairness with
which he disposed of the cases
. before him.
fHpnlpv was commenced Wednes-
Iday afternoon and completed
Thursday morning. Henley was
(charged with the larceny of an
I automobile from J. L. Dorsett
tnear Bonlee on the night of No
vember 13th. The evidence of
the State was circumstantial,
'showing that two men; one wear-
ing hob-nail shoes and the other
dress shoes with rubber heels,
'pushed Mr. Dorsett's automobile
out of the garage on this night
and being unable to start it aban
doned the machine about a qua:r
fter of a mile from his home. The
'men were tracked by bloodhounds
"to Bonlee where the trail was lost
E -at the deoot by the railroad, in
dicadng that the two parties had
gotten on a train. These same
ftracks were traced back to Blue
iRock. There was evidence that
fa man resembling the defendant
fwearing hob-nail shoes, and in
company with another man, rode
from Bonlee to Blue Rock on the
Bonlee and Western train on the
afternoon before the car was
stolen that night. The theory
of the State was that these two
men got off at Blue Rock and
went back to Mr. Dorsett's and
stole his car that night. The
defendant introduced evidence to
show that he was in Greensboro
on the night of the commission
of the crime and tiiat he was not
on the Bonlee and Western train
that afternoon. The case went
to the jury Thursday morning
and they returned a verdict of
not guilty. 1 As soon as this case
was disposedjof Henley was ar
rested under a warrant from
Randolph County charging him
with the larceny of another au
tomobile. He was carried to that
County Thursday after dinner
where he gave bond for his ap
pearance at Randolph Superior
Court.
The only civil case tried by the
jury was that of J. W. Williams
vs Annie Williams. This was an
action in which Williams was
seeking to obtain a divorce from
his wife. , The jury found all the
issues in favor of the defendant
and Williams failed to get his
divorce.
On Friday morning the case of
L. C. Hill vs N. L. Lancaster
and the Township Road Commis
sioners of Baldwin township was
heard by Judge Lyon on the pe
tition of the plaintiff for an in
junction to restrain the Road
Commissioners from making any
further payments for road work
to Lancaster. A temporary re
straining order had been previ-i
viously issued by the Judge in
this action. Hill cla'meid Ifrat h e
had been working for Lancaster
in building a certain road in Bald
win township; that Lancaster
was indebted to him in the sum
of abcut $1500; "and he asked
that the Road Commissioners be
restrained Xrpm making ; any fur
ther payments to Lancaster un
til his claims had been settled.
Lancaster contended that' he
and Hill were co-partners in
buifding this road and that he
was not indebted to Hill in any
amount but had overpaid him to
the extent of about $1100. The
Road Commissioners alleged that
they had made settlement with
Lancaster for all work complet
ed and that they were not in-
indebted to Lancaster or Hill.
The judge found that Lancaster
and Hill were co-partners and
held that Hill was not entitled to
an injunction; and he, therefore,
dissolved the restraining order
previously issued.
Lewis Carpenter, a boy under
16 years of age, was bound out
to W. H. Ward for three years.
Olher, cases were disposed of
as follows: ;
State vs L. M. Petty; contin
ued. State vs Comro Headen; contin
ued. ...
State vs George Grey; illicit
distilling; pleads guilty; twelve
months on roads.
State vs Walker Harris, illicit
distilling; guilty: 6 months on
roads.
State vs Jim Dorsett; illicit dis
tilling; guilty; 6 months on the
roads. ' ?
State vs Feller Campbell; illicit
distilling; guilty; prayer for judg
ment continued for 2 years upon
payment of costs and good be
havior.
State vs Jerry Harris; illicit
distilling; guilty; prayer for judg
ment continued for 2 years upon
payment of costs.
State vs M. K. Sykes; illicit
distilling; guilty; minimum of 1
month and a maximum of 18
months on roads.
State vs Jim Crutchfield; illicit
distilling; guilty; $100 fine and
costs.
State vs Jim Dorsett; carrying
concealed weapon; guilty; six
months on roads.
State vs Wade Mills; illicit dis
tilling; pleads guilty; $100 and
costs.
State vs Exum, Good win; illicit
distilling; pleads guilty; $150 and
costs; to appear at each criminal
court for 2 years and show good
behavior.
State vs Guy Headen; retail
ing; guilty ; 6 months on roads or
$100 and costs if paid within 10
days.
State vs Will Andrews; house
breaking; guilty; 10 months on
roads.
State vs Guy Headen; having
liquor in possession for the pui
pose of sale; not guilty.
State vs George Holleman; tres
pass; not guilty. . r
Reappointed Magistrate
Mr. John R. Blair has been re
cently reappointed a Justice of
the Peace in Center township for
a term of four years. He quali
fied on Friday, January 21st.
Several of Mr. Blair's friends,
without his knowledge, petition
ed the Governor to reappoint him
to this office. With 'eighteen
years' of experience, Mr. Blair is
well qualified to fill the office of
magistrate and we are glad that
he is once more on the job.
Mrs. Johnson Passes
Mrs. Bettie Johnson, mother
of Mr. Ruf us J. Johnson, who
lives about a mile north of By
riunC diedjat his home early Tuesday-morning,
aged about 73
years. Mrs. Johnson had been
in declining health for some time
but hei I leatK was unexpected. She
was a good' woman arid' will be
sadly missed by all of her rela
tives and many friends.
. Billy Sunday will deliver a lec
ture in-Asheville Feb. 15;N :
GRAND JURY REPORT
Recommend That the Coanty Home
Farm Be Sold and That a Mod-
era Home Be Built
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The grand jury .at the January
term of Superior Court rendered
their report Thursday and were
discharged on that day. Judge
Lyon commended their report
very highly, especially their re
commendation for the building
of a modern County Home equip
ped sp as to be available for a
County Hospital. The following
composed the gran jury at this
term: ; 4 .
S. " W. Harrington, foreman;
Frank Thrailgill, William Mor
gan, J. C. Crutchfield, C. W.
Lutterloh, G. M. Holt, S. B. Grif
fin, A. J. Temples, J. L. DJwdy,
C. F. McCormick, C. D. Wilson,
J. B. Bowers, T. J. Hearne, Al
bert Cole, G. M. Womble, J. W.
White, Ambrose Smith and J. F.
Gilliland.
Their report is as follows:
"We passed on all bills that
came before us.
''We visited the pumping sta
tion and jail in a body. We found
at the pump station that it was
being oiled in such a manner as
to cause the oil to run down into
the well, which practice we re
commend to be discontinued.
"We found the jail well kept
but in need of the following re
pairs and improvements, viz:1
That the entire water and sewer
age system be repaired and ex
tended to all of the cells and put
in first class condition; also that
the roof be repaired where it
leaks, and cots or beds for the
prisoners be installed to stand as
much as 18 inches from the floor
and be fastened to the. wall.
"We visited the offices of the
Clerk of the Court, Sheriff, Reg
ister of Deeds and the Superin
tendent of Public Instruction and
found their offices and records
neatly kept But we recommend
that the plastering in the Sher
iff's office be repaired and the
floor covered with same kind of
material that the other floors are
covered with.
"We visited the Home for the
Aged and Infirm by committee
and found the following: Seven
teen inmates, 11 whites and 6
colored. We found 250 bushels
corn, 100 bushels wheat, 30 gal
lons molasses, 2 mules; 40 bush
els potatoes, 2500 lbs meat, 9
head of cattle, 10 head of hogs
to make meat for another year;
plenty of forage; a blacksmith
shop equipped with tools suffi
cient to do the repairs needed on
the farm implements. We also
found farming implements need
ed to carry on the farming; we
also found the inmates as well
cared for as they could be under
present conditions. We saw them
fed and they 'were given plenty
of whoiespmS food. We .also
recommend that a 1-horse spring
wagon be bought for the County
Home. ' ; ' ' ' ' , .
"We further recommend ' that
the floors in the' cdttages be re
paired at once and there be a
stove flue built in the church and
that window lights be put in and
the roof be repaired. ' 1
v - "We further recommend" that
the farm be disposed of at; the
best advantage at the 'proper
time and a more suitable site be
secured and an ' up-to-date and
more sanitary Home and County
Hospital be built in connection
with it.-
"We further recommend that
the S. A. L. R. R. Co. be re
quired : to.put in better 'cross
ings at Moncure;and Merry Daks,
parties- having been killed there
in the past; two years. We
also recommend , that the engin
eer on. the Pittsboro Branch of
the S. A. L. be required to run
his engine headforemost . both
ways for the safety of the pub
lic. S. W. HARRINGTON,
v Foreman."
A Fruitless Search
Messrs. M. B. Warren and'Ray
morid Campbell returned Friday
from a trip through Cumberland,
Lee and other Counties where
they had been in search of cot
tori seed, j They found that the
farmers refused to sell their seed
at the price now being paid for
them. Iast year cotton seed was
bringing around $1.20 a bushel.
This jy ear 30 cents is all that is
being offered and: the farmers
say that they will use the seed
to fertilize their land before they
will take that price.
The ; oil mill here is hardly
working hal f time on account of
the scarcity of seed. ,
Salvation of Small Towns
AnamDers 01 commerce were
depicted as the salvation of the
small towns of North Carolina
by Roy M, Brown, of Watauga
County, reporting on the activi
ties of these bodies to the last
meeting of the North1 Carolina
Club of the University of North
Carolina, which is making an in
dustrial and urban study of the
State.
Mr. Brown pointed out that
towns of less than 2,500 inhabi
tants in North Carolina are not
growing. During the lastdecade
93 of them dwindled in popula
tion .and 40 surrendered their
charters of incorporation and
faded from the map.
Viv If these little towns are to
said Mr. Brown, "one of
two things must happen. They
must move up in the class of
manufacturing centers, . which
few of them will be able to do, or
they must become attractive
local trader high school and resi
dence centers. Here is the spe
cific task of the Chamber of Com
merce. Its membership and ac
tivities must extend throughout
the trade area of the town. In
predominantly rural communi
ties these should be country
wide. Where there are several
small towns there should be
federation 01 tne local organ
izations into -one big County
Chamber.
If Pittsboro wishes to ever be
more than what it is the town
must organize a live Chamber of
Commerce. - Every town in the
State of any size has some kind
of an organization to help build
it up. Then why ntt have one
Vl ATA?
Rich as Croesus
Directly -and indirectly $172, -000,000
was collected for the Fed
eral Treasury in North Carolina
last year.; ; That exceeds by $50,
000,000 the total amount the
State has spent for education in
its entire history. w. . ' !
Democracy; will certainly not
be safe for the worl4 unless we
give the people tne habit of think
ing intelligently, to the end that
they will be ruled by truth in
stead of by prejudice or emotion.
P. P. . Claxtpii, X51 S. Commis
sioner pf Eduoatip'n. ; J . ; v :
New York County's record in
jury award, $45,000 for the loss
of one leg; was awirded;to iliss
Dorothy Benner, 20 years' oldf
the victim of an accident some
time ago. ; : , " :-
More people in, the United
States live in cities than on farms.
AGE OF 8 BROTHERS
Youngest Member of Chatham Coun
ty Family 67 Years Old With
Three Dead-Twins
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The Sanford correspondent of
the Raleigh News and Observer
says that MartinLuther Burns
died a few days ago at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Jas. Holt,
near Moncure, at the age of 73.
Mr. Burns was a member of a
most remarkable family, especi
ally when, it comes to longevity.
There were, eight brothers, one
sister,, the aggregate years they
have lived being 657, the average
age being 73 years. And five
brothers are still living, the baby,
Willis A. Burns, being 67 years
old, and the oldest, John Brant
ley Burns, being 83. - His twin
brother, James Manly Burns, !
who was almost his exact image,
died three years ago. The other
three brothers living are William
Henry Burns, 72, Green Berry
Burns, 70, Doctor Birdsong Burns,
69. All live in Chatham County
except Green Berry, who lives in
Sanford.
Mrs. John B. Thomas
Mrs. John B. Thomas died on
Tuesday of last week, January
18th, at her homo about four
miles south of Pittsboro.' She
had been ill for several months
and her death was not unexpect
ed. Her remains were interred
in the cemetery at Mount Zion
Church the next day, Rev. J, J.
Boone, of Pittsboro, conducting
the funeral services.
Mrs. Thomas, who was Miss
Martha I. Moore before her mar
riage, was born Decern! er 23,
1849. She was married Septem
ber 22, 1869, to Mr. John B.
Thomas" and" is-isurvived by her
husband and six children. "
A loyal and industrious wife, a
devoted mother and a good neigh
bor, Mrs. Thomas is missed by
all who knew her. The sympa
thy of the entire community- is
extended to her husband and
children in their bereavement.
Man Fired Upon
By Highwayman
A few evenings ago N.A.John
son, the Sanford rtpresentative
of the Standard Oil Co., had a
close call. Mr. Johnson had been
to Gulf delivering oil and collec
ting for "John D." On his way
home about dark as he drove on
the Deep River bridge his atten
tion was directed to the breaking
of his windshield in the rear and
front by a pistol or rifle ball.
This furnished a sufficient stim
ulant for Mr. Johnson to "'open
up," and the robber never got a
second shot.
Judging from the holes pene
trating both-, windshields, the
ball did not miss Mr. Johnson's
head over eight inches. He no
ticed a negro standing near the
foot-of the .bridge as he passed,
biit paid little attention "to him.
Indeed he did not hea- the gun
shot on account of the noise
made by his truck on the
bridge. No arrests have been
made. ; '
Travelled 8,000
; Miles to School
Its along ways to go but fully
worth it, according to .Victor F.
O. Olivier, of Kalksspruit,Trans-
vaali South Africa, who recently
showed up in Raleigh with a de
sire to enter the North Carolina
State' College f
Certainly 8,000 miles is a long
way; tS; travel : 'to ge t : in to a firs t V
class College, but Olivier, typical
Boer that he is, dedn't. bother or
worry about distance. He start
ed in the general direction of
Raleigh and kept going. He has
entered the senior class and will
specialize in the production and '
handling of cotton and tobacco.
His father owns a big farm in
South Africa. News - and Ob
server. .
Using Mails to Defraud
Charlotte, Jan. 20. Warrants
charging the use of mails with .
intentlo defraud were tonight
served on five officials of the
Wizard Automobile Company of ,
this city. Those named in the
indictments were F.W.Edwards,
president; F. W. Edwards, Jr.,
vice-nresidpnt and 5irpfarw P
L. Walters, general manager; T.
A.McEwin and H. E. Lowe, di
rectors. The men under charge
have organized a company for .
the manufacture of an automo
bile to be sold at $395.
Jury Composed of Women
What is declared" to be the
first instance in South Carolina
where a jury composed entirely
of women sat in a court of jus
tice took place at Anderson last
week. Magistrate Foster, of
Brushy Creek .Township, em
panelled four matrons and two
single women to pass upon . the
guilt or innocence of a negro,
charged with the larceny of two
kitchen chairs. After deliber
ating ten minutes the jury re-
turn ea a verdict 01 guilty, ana
the neerro was fined $10.
Charles W. Irvin, manager of
the Irvin Shoe Co., has just re-
luxiicu j. 1 uni iviiivvaun.ee, wiicic
he attended the meeting of the
National Shoe Retailers' -Association
field in that city last week.
Mr. Irvin states that the manu
facturers have made a very sub
stantial reduction on shoes for
the coming season, ranging from
25 to 33 1-3 per cent lower than
the past season. Greensboro
News.
What Nash Farmers Did
At a recent meeting of the
County Commissioners in Nash,
the office of Farm Demonstration
Agent was voted to be discontin
ued. Within a short time after
this was done, according to the
"Nashville Graphic," a number
of farmers held a meeting, form
ed a "Farmers Club'! and em
ployed the agent to continue the
work in Nash County. ' They in
creased his salary approximately
$1,000.
Prospecting for Oil
U. L. Spence, D. A. McDonald
and others of Carthage are pros
pecting for oil up the Deep river
valley. Tliey are having holes
bored at intervals, believing thatj
where coal is found, oil must be
near. There doubtless is oil in
upper Richmond and Moore and
Chatham if only the right spot
can be bored and sufficient depth
obtained. Rockingham Post
Applicants desirous of embark
ing upon the matrimonial sea in
North Carolina will be required"
to satisfy tJw Register of Deeds
that they are safe and sound,
both physically and mentally, .if
a bill introduced in the House
Thursday morning by Represen
tative Emmett H. Bellamy, New:
Hanorer, becomes a law.
. Presidents of 'the 'alumni and
alumnae associations; have" peti-
$20. 000. 000 for hiiildiner hnrnosea.