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J EST ART ISHED SEPT. 19, 1878.
PTTTSBORO. CHATHAM CO.. THURSDAY, .FEBRUARY 3. 1921.
VOL. XLII1 NO. 27
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TEN INCHES OF SNOW
Falls in This SectionIt Does Some
Damage to Property In Pitts -boro
About Disappeared
"The sno', the sno', the beau
tiful sno'. And Susan got up
went to the do'; returning to bed
she began to sno.' "
About 10 inches of the "beau
tiful" fell here last week, begin
ning about 10 o'cIock Tuesday
night, and it snowed and hailed for
34 hours. Some of it is here as a
reminder that we have had one of
the biggest snows in years. '
It stopped nearly everything
and everybody from work that
had not already stopped. For
two days the rural route carriers
had to lay off, not being able to
make their trins.
By Thursday the snow had be
gun to melt and pedestrians had
the time of their lives wading
through mud and slush, and up
to the hour of going to press
this week some of the 4 'beauti
ful ' that was, is lying around
in spots looking as dirty as some
of Pittsboro 's sidewalks.
Peter Rogers, colored, had been
running a garage for some time
in an old building near the de
pot, but Peter will not run one
there any longer. The heavy
snowfall and sleet did the work
for the light frame work of the
building. About 6:30 Thursday
morning the top gave way
and came crushing down on sev
eral automobiles on the inside,
Dick Ramsay's new Overland
car was almost ruined, the top
being broken to pieces and other
wise damaged. A car belonging
to Mr. Nooe was slightly dam
aged. A $1200 hearse belonging
to Mr. Nooe was' almost ruined,
the glass on both sides and the
front part of the vehicle being
broken, the damage amounting
to $200 or $300. Other cars were
slightly damaged. The house is
a total wreck.
Some of the supports of the
roof of B. M. Poe's garage also
gave way under the strain of the
snow Thursday morning. The
roof fell a few inches bi-t did not
entirely cave in. No damage was
done to any of the cars in the
garage. "
New Doctor Here
Dr. William Meyer, recently
of Pink Hill but originally from
Enfield, has located here for the
practice of medicine. He is well
equipped for his profession and
he comes to this community high
ly recommended. The citizens
of Pink Hill, where he has been
practicing for several months,
were so anxious to keep him in
their town that, many of them
offered to contribute a sufficient
sum each month to guarantee
him a good salary, but Dr. Mey-
er was so favorably impressed
with our town when he made a
visit of inspection here a few
weeks ago that he decided to
come here and locate.
His office is the one formerly
occupied by the late Dr. H. T.
Chapin.
Dr. Meyer has brought his wife
here and intends to stay here
permanently. He has rooms at
the residence of Mrs." H. T. Cha
pin. . .
Town Taxes
Town taxes for 1919 are now
past due. The tax books are in
the hands of F P. Nooe, Chief
of Police. See him and pay your
1919 taxes at once, if you have
not already done so. The town
needs the money and your prompt
attention to this matter will be
appreciated.
County
Statement
The annual statement
of the finances of Chatham
County appears on page 6
of this issue. Read it.
Club Notes
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At the January meeting of the
Woman's Club Mrs. W.R.Thomp
son was elected Chairman of the
Civics Department ti succeed
Mrs. W. E. Alley, who moved to
Durham.
In Mrs. Alley's leaving, 'the
club loses one of its most active
members.
Miss Elizabeth Chapin secre
tary of the club, was asked to
write Mrs. Alley expressing the
thanks of the club for her splen
did work and cooperation with
the members and also to express
its regrets in losing such a valu
able member.
At this meeting Mrs. E. A.
Farrell was elected Publicity
Chairman.
Pittsboro Debaters
The debaters for the Pittsboro
High School in the triangular in
ter high school deb ite, which
will be held throughout the State
sometime in March, were selec
ted at a preliminary debate held
at the school Monday afternoon.
They are: affirmative, Archie
Ray and William Hunt; negative
Graham Connell and Thomas
Morgan; alternate, Moyle John
son. There were eleven contes
tants. The query for the debate this
yearis "Resolved; - that the. pol
icy -oJ collective'bargaining
through trade unions should pre
vail in American industry.' '
The two schools that Pittsboro
will be debate will probably be
selected from these three: San
ford, Siler Citv and Bonlee.
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson
On last Tuesday morning at 3
o'clock the death angel that had
been hovering near for so many
months, called home Elizabeth
Johnson. She bore her afflictions
with patience, and great was her
love for the kind hands that so
tenderly cared for her.
The deceased leaves one son,
Mr.Rufus J. Johnson, of Bynum,
with whom she lived, and seven
grand children, Misses. Lilly,
Pearl, Sadie, Myrtle, Thelma,
Irene and Rufus Johnson, Jr.
While the earth was covered
with sacred whiteness (as it
seemed to the bereaved) her body I
was laid to rest at Mt. Gilead
Church, where she had been a
member for many years.
The floral designs were beau
tiful. Peaceful be thy sleep 'till
we meet again, where tears are
wiped away and parting is not
known.
Mrs. J. JETER HACKNEY, Jr.
Bynum, Jan. 29.
Looked Homesick
Carnie Bynum, House Page,
looked a little homesick yester
day morning as he gazed across
the snow-whitened earth, think
ing almost likely that the boys
back home in Chatham County
were staying home from school
this morning to g in pursuit of
the distinguished Chatham Coun
ty rabbit. It was perfect rabbit
hunting weather, and there are
no better rabbits than Chatham
County's rabbits, as Carnie will
no doubt assure any who have j
doubts. News and " Observer,
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Commends. County Com
missioners on Road
Building Program
Editor of The Record: ,
During the past few weeks
considerable space in your col
umns have been used by various
citizens of Chatham in an effort
to outline a policy for our County
Commissioners to adopt in deal
with the various road problems
that now confront them, or will
come into the limelight in the
near future.
In these articles, and also in
public conversation, our Commis
sioners have been frequently crit
icised because various expendi
tures were not executed in the
immediate vicinity of the author
or speaker..
While this problem and criti
cism has the interest of all citi
zens in our County, it is neces
sary that all sides be heard. As
a citizen ef this County, and one
who has always been a staunch
supporter of anything that would
promote road building, I desire
to approve publicly th& manner
in which our Commissioners have
been making appropriations for
the construction of road work
Their action in these matters
have been done iri not only a bus
iness like manner, but also from
an economical standpoint.
Their method of procedure has
been in a manner that is unques
tionable to any fair thinking
man. When a proposition for
the construction of a new line
comes before them, they air the
case thoroughly from every stand
point, order a survey, weigh
the various local conditions and
build the project the most eco
nomical route. As to making
these appropriations from a geor
graphical standpoint there has
come the usual cloudburst of a
criticism and growling which is
found in all localities, not only
Chatham. Various townships
have floated bond issues and con
structed roads on their own mo
tive, and in every instance the
County has come to their aid and
built the bridges, furnished top
soil, and, in some cases, stood the
expense of one half the project.
This measure is heartily approv
ed in practically every locality
where road work has been in
progress. - -
Where a township has decided
at the polls that they would wel
come an additional tax increase
in order to have some means of
getting rolling stock over the
country, the Commissioners have
gladly furnished aid. But in
those backwood areas, where
the majority of the community
had rather stay at home in the
winter and wet periods than pay
a few additional pennies each
year, it has been understood that
they did not want to help them
selves and consequently no char
ity has been displaced. No
straightforward business man
would approve' the County Com
missioners taking money from a
community that had floated bonds
and spending it in a community
that absolutely refuses to place
themselves on an equal footing;
but, on the other hand, stands
out and howls for the entire com
munity to come to their aid and
build them community roads.
Should these howling communi
ties really become sincere and dis
play the true signs of fairness
and have an hpnest-to-goodness
desire to help themselves and
sacrifice a little in this effort,
they should proceed, to petition
the present Legislature for a
bond election and pass same with
out a dissenting ballot. Then
they would be on an equal foot
ing with the majority of our
THE GROUNDHOG
Doesn't See His Shadow-.Traditlon
: Has It That the Bad Weath
.er Is About Over
Yesterday, '.; .Wednesday, ' was
Groundhog Day. Up to the time
of going to press the gentleman
had: hot seen his shadow, and un
less; the. sun peeps from behind
thej clouds before night, tradition
has: it that the bad weather of
whiter is over. But if the clouds
break and the sun comes out,
theaJMr. Groundhog will see his
shadow and go back into his hole
for forty; more days and we will
have six more weeks of ' wintry
weather. . ; . , ' ,
The citizens of Pittsboro awoke
yeiterday morning and found the
ground covered with snow which
had fallen during the night and
the skies overcast Although it
has ' stopped snowing it is still
cloudy at the time of going to
press, but what the rest of the
day will brine forth we know
not, , and, as our groundhog
weather prophet is a tempera
mental creaturfe: we are unable to
say: whether or not the winter
weather is over.
Exchange Cottonseed For
Meal
The history of the 1920-21
crushing season will be made in
the next three or four weeks. At
present many thousand tons of
seed are in the hands of the
growers. The land is being
broken now for another crop
It is only a matter of days before
the seed will be put in the ground
for fertilizer and millions of gal-
. lan"o!'edible.;oiI:iL- berciit
terly destroyed, although in
many lands the inhabitants are
starving. iOnce the seed . is
put in the ground noth
ing can prevent this wilful
waste which we learned from
the copy-books makes "woeful
want."
The fat mers have generally
east of the rivers-held their seed
for a higher money price per ton.
The millers know now that they
cannot pay any more because it
is too late for legislation or other
conditions to affect the market
before spring.
There is but one logical way to
handle the situation and that is
a general exchange of seed for
meal. To convince the farmer
of the advantage of such an ex
change as the mills can afford to
offer should not be difficult
While it might be hard to deter
mine how many eggs were equal
to a pound of coffee any mill
man can tell exactly how many
pounds of 7 per cent meal is equal
in fertilizing value to a ton of seed
and an amount of meal in excess
of this amount can be given.-Oil
Miller.
Duncan Thompson and Tom
Green, two colored men, were
recently bound over to the Supe
rior Court by John R. Blair, J. P.,
on the charge of manufacturing
whiskey. Duncan's bond was
fixed at $1,000 and Tom's at
$500. The still at which it is
alleged they were working was
found in Oakland township by
Sheriff Blair and some of his
deputies. .
' 'Safe and sane' ' farming has
a new meaning this year.
County and and would be allow
ed seats on the band Wagon in
stead of the hearse.
Yours truly,
v - J. S. PETTY.
Bynum, N. C,, R.F.D. No. 1.
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BUI Introduced In Legislature by Rep
resentative Lane Increasing
Fees of Sheriff
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Representative Leon T. Lane
has introduced a bill in the legis
lature to increase the fees to be
charged by the Sheriff of this
County and his deputies for the
service of process and the per
formance of other duties. The
bill is as follows: -
A bill to be entitled An Act To
Regulate the Fees to be charg
ed by the Sheriff and Deputies
m Chatham County."
The General Assembly of
North Carolina do enact: .
Section 1. That there shall be
charged and collected in Chat
ham County, the following fees: ,
, Executing summons or any
orher writ or notice, one dollar;
but the board of county commis
sioners may fix a less price than
one dollar, but not less than fif
ty cents, for the service of one
road order.
Arrest of a defendant in a civil
action and taking bail, including
attendant to justify, and all serv
ices connected therewith, one
dollar and fifty cents.
Arrest of a -person indicted,
including all services connected
with the taking and justification
of bail, one dollar and fifty cents.
Imprisonment of any person in
a civil or. criminal action, fifty
cents; and release from prison,
fiftycents. ;
Executing subpoena on a wit
ness, fifty cents. 1 ;
Conveying a prisoner to jail in
another County, ten cents per
mileFor i iprisonerjguailif
necessary and approved by f the
county commissioners, going and
returning, per mfle for each, five
cents. Expense of guard and all
other expenses of conveying pris
oners to jail, or from jail to anoth
erf or any purpose, or to any place
of punishment,' or to appear be
fore a court of justice of the
peace in another county, or in
going to another county for a
prisoner to be taxed in the bill
of costs and allowed by the board
of commissioners of the county
in which the criminal proceed
ings were instituted.
For allotment of a Widow's
Year's allowance, one dollar and
fifty cents. In claim and deliv
ery for serving the original pa
pers in each case, one dollar, and
for taking the property claimed,
one dollar and fifty cents, with
actual cost of keeping the same
until discharged by law, to be
paid on affidavit of the returning
officer.
For conveying prisoners to the
penitentiary, two dollars perday
and actual necessary expenses;
also one dollar a day and actual
necessary ? expenses for each
guard, not to exceed pne guard
for every three prisoners, as the
sheriff upon affidavit before the
clerk of the superior court of his
county shall swear to be neces
sary to the safe conveyance of
the convicts, to be paid by the
state treasurer upon warrant of
the auditor out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise ap
propriated. The sheriff shall
file with the auditor the affidavit
above mentioned, . together with
a fully itemized account to be
sworn to before the auditor,
showing the number of days re
quisite for the coming and re
turning and the actual expense
of conveying said convicts and
the guard necessary for their
safe keeping, arid if the auditor
approves said account he shall
issue his warrant on the treasure
er for the amount thereof. :
Collecting fines and costs from
convict, .five per cent 'of amount
collected. '; ;li
Advertising a sale of property
under execution at each' public
place required, twenty-five cents.
Seizing specific property under
an order of court, or executing
any other order of a court or a
judge, not specially provided for,
to be allowed by the court, or
judge. , ; - :" :v
Taking any bond or undertak
ing, including furnishing blanks,
one dollar; v ' v
The actual expense of keeping
all property seized under process
or order of court to be allowed
by the court on affidavit of officer
m
re.
Summoning a grand jury or
petii; jury, for each man sum
moned fifty cents, and twenty- -five
cents for each man summon
ed on the special venire.
For serving any writ or pro
cess with the aid of the county
the usual fee of, one dollar and
fifty cents, and the expense ne-,
cessarily incurred thereby, to be
adjudged by the county commis
sioners and to be taxed as other
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Bringing up any prisoner upon ;
a habeas corpus to testify or
answer tv, any court or before
any judge, two-:: dollars and all
necessary and y actual expenses
for such servipe; and-; ten cents
per mile by the f route most usu
ally traveled and all expenses
for any guard' actually employed
and necessary; J ; :
For summoning and qualifying
appraisers, and 'for performing
all duties f in laying v off ; home- '
steads and personal property
exemptions," or either; three dol
lars: to be included in the bill, of
costs.' ' -'; .- .-. ;. . ' . ' .
For levying an attachment, one
dollar and fifty cents.
For attendance to qualified
jurors to lay off dower or for com
missioners to lay off. year's al
lowance,, one dollar and fifty
cents; and for attendance to qual
ify commissioners cr any other
purpose, one dollar,
Executing a deed for land or
any interest in land sold under
execution, one dollar and fifty ,
cents, to be paid by the purchas-
er.
Service of a writ or eject
ment, one dollar and fifty cents.
For every execution, either in
civil or criminal cases, one dol
lar.
Section 2. That all laws
and clauses of laws in conflict
with this act are hereby re
pealed. Section 3. That this act shall
be in force from and after its
ratification. .
Andrew ; Steadman, ' colored, -was
arraigned before Squire John
R. Blair here Monday on the
charge of cruelty to animals. It
was alleged that Andrew beat
and seriously injured a mule that
was being worked by the road
force of N. L. Lancaster. After
hearing all the evidence the court
held ffcat it 'could net fird prob
able.cause sufficient to bind An
drew over to the Superior Court,
and the action, therefore, was
dismissed, and Andrew was dis
charged. The Colonial Hotel at Hoboken,
N. J., was destroyed by fire last
Sunday morning and 11 persons
were burned to death. Four oth
ers may not recover.
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Some expert tinsmith in New ;
Bern jsimanufacturing'illicit dis- '
tilling plants in any size and any
limited quantity, is the opinion
of Ccunty and Federal officials.
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