STABL1SHED SEPT: 19,1878.
PITTSBORO. CHATHAM CO..THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1921.
VOL, XLII1 NO. 28
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET
Health Off icer Other Pro-
, ' tr
ceedings
The County Commissioners,
With A. T. Ward, Chairman, J.
AV. Griffin and J. D.Willett pres
ent were in session here Monday
Wd Tuesday.
Dr. J. E. Brooks . tendered his
resignation as County Health of-1
fker to be effective as ot r ebru
ary 1, which was accepted by the
commissioners. .
C. C. Poe, Register . of Deeds,
reported that he had received
$157.33 from fees m his omce in
the month of January.
Jas. L. Griffin, Clerk Superior
Court, reported that the fees re
ceived in his office during the
month of January amounted to
$75.55.
The following bills were ap
proved and ordered paid: .
W H Taylor, services as
iailor : $ 88 40
W L London & Son, sup-- -
Til IPS for CountvHome 31 71
f
H A Bynum, repairing
tractor - 3 45
J C Hammond, Jr., 4
days member Board of
Elections.: 12 '10
G W Blair, court officer,
deputy help . -' . 30 00
GW Blair, summoning,
jurors - 13 20
G W Blair, stamps and
envelopes 21 20
G W Blair, salary 208 33
Siler City Grit, tax no
tice --- 17 20
Cole Printing Co, print
ing , 31 72
H S Storr Co, office sup
plies 8 25
J C Lanius, supplies for
Court House-l---- " 6 75
W H Ferguson, car hire
bringing prisoners to
jail 24 00
W H Ferguson, captur
ing still -- 15 00
C H Crutchfield, captur
ing stills... . 30 00
C H Crutchfield, cqnvey- '
ing prisoner to jail 10 00
M L Harri?, lumber . for
bridges ----- 272 00
F P Nooe, capturing still 20 00
H B Norwood, salary sup.
public welfare 16 75
H H Cotton, conveying :
prisoner to jail 6 00
J E Cross, conveyingpris
onersto jail 17 00
Sidney Farrow, burial j
expenses of pauper . 2 00
S B Griffin, conveying
grand jurors toCounty
Home : 2 50
G M Womble, conveying
grand j urors toCounty
Home .-- 2 50
H B Jones, lumber and
road work : 5 00
5J P Gold ston, conveying
prisoner to jail 24 00
J H Teague, conveying
prisoner to jail. 8 00
A M Webster, arrest and
conviction of Jerry
Harris for illicit distil
ling . .. 50 00
A M Webster arrest and
conviction of Jim Dor- '
sett for illicit distil- I
ling - 50 00
A M Webster, arrest and
conviction of Walker
Harris for illicit dis
tilling . 50 00
A M Webster, arrest and .
conviction of A T
Campbell for illicit dis
tilling 50 CO
R S Campbell, arrest and
conviction of George
Gray for illicit distil
ling 50 00
W H Ferguson, arrest1
and conviction Hume . n
Milliken for illicit dis- '
tilling .. 50 00
Mack Fearrington, work
for County Home...: . . 15 00
L C Clark, salary Supt ;
County Home .- 41. 66
Josie Fearrington, cook
ing f .. County Home. 10 00
L N Womble, supplies for ,
Court House. 3 2
J as L Griffin, salary etc,
c s c. 147 93
TomLeach, hauling wood -
extra help, etc, Court
House.- 16 00
Tom Leach, 'salary jani
tor Court House 20 00
John B Burns, wood for
Court House 20 00
Miss Myrtle Siler, extra
help 3 75
MissMvrtleSiler, supplies
for Sheriff's office. 35 25
J L Seawell, Clerk Su
preme Court, costs in
ML Sykes case. 19 65
J D Willett, pork for
County Home 34 08
Bonlee.Tel Co, telephone
rent, .. 17 20
Jury List
The following have been drawn
by the County Commissioners as
jurors for the March term of the
Chatham County Superior Court
which will convene here March
for the trial of civil cases
only: ,
Name
L R Holt
Beaman Buckner
Thaddeus Stevens
B W Mann
Township
Haw River
Matthews
Albright
Baldwin
Gulf
v Center
Haw River
Oakland
Williams
, Cape Fes r
Hadley
Cape Fear
Center
J B Emerson
J C Hammond
A B Womble
R R Seagroves
Z J Johnson
R F Sturdivant
W F Fuquay
J W Williams
Ira Foushee
Ed Williams
J G Goldston
J L Dorsett
London Brafford
C S Harrington
Joe Bray
W J Durham
DH Ellis
A D Teague
J J Vestal
R B Burnett
Baldwin
Gulf
Bear Crek
Hickory Mt
Cape Fear
Matthews
Hadley
Bear Creek
Hickory Mt
Albright
New Hope
Wizard Officers Held
Three principal officers and two
directors of the Wizard Automo
bile Company, of Charlotte, were
held for investigation by a Fed
eral grand jury under bonds of
$5,000 each, by U. S. Commis
sioner J. W. Cobb, at Charlotte,
Monday of Jast week, at the con
clusion of a preliminary hearing
on charges of conspiracy and
fraud in the use of the mails.
There are several Wizard stock
holders in Pittsboro and Chat
ham County who , have bit at the
get-rich-quick scheme.
Fill It Up
The old town pump, which
stands in the middle of the Sal
isbury and Hillsboro streets cross
ing, should either be removed
and the we 11 filled up or a new
pump should be placed there. As
it is, it is a nuisance. If a fire
was to break out in the business
section the pump there would be
about as useless as a dog with no
head. Fill up the well or put in
a new pump.
Thomas W. Allen, of Raleigh,
was among the sixty ) new law
yers licensed by -the Supreme
Court last week. Mr. Allen is a
nephew of Capt. J. F. Alston, of
Pittsboro.
THE GROUNDHOG UP AGAIN
Did He See His Shadow on February
2? Some Say He Did; Others
Say that He Did Not
There are people in this County
who DO believe in the groundhog
as a weather prophet, and there
are also people in this County
who do NOT believe , in him.
The late Henry A. London,
former editor of Th? Record,had
much faith in his honor,: Judge
G. Hog, and when said animal
did not see his shadow, he
was convinced that the bal
ance of the winter would be mild.
If he did, it would be the re
verse. - .
Some people say his worship
comes out early in the morning
and if he sees his shadow at- any
time during the day he goes back
in his den: if he does not see his
shadow be t ore 12, that that
settles the good weather ques
tion. One of Pittsboro' s prominent
citizens, who has handled the
little varmint, says that he does
not come out of his hole until 11
o'clock, and that he did not see
his shadow last week. In order
that there may be bad weather,
the sun must be shining when
Mr. Hog first makes his appear
ance. .
Other authorities say that Mr.
Groundhog comes out of his hole
at 12 o'clock, neon, and that, un
less he ses his shadow when he
comes Mit, he remains out, and
the winter weather is over.
We confess that we do not
know which of these theories is
correct. But if he comes out at
11 o'clock or 12 o'clock and
it is necessary for him to "see
his, shadow j3t.atlhetime he
emerges from his winter abode,
or before noon, then the gentle
man did not see his shadow on
Wednesday of last week, and ac
cording to tradition the worst of
the winter weather is over. But
if, on the otherhand, those who
claim that if the groundhog saw
his shadow at any time during
the day of February 2, he goes
back in his hole, be', correct, he
did see his shadow, and we are
due to have six weeks more of
bad weather, for the clouds dis
appeared and the sun shone
brightly that afternoon. Did he
see his shadow or did he not?
There are those who say he did
and others who say he did not.
We do not know which theory is
the right one, and we, therefore,
do not know how the rest of the
winter will be. We may have
mild and pleasant weather, or
we may have some more rain,
snow and sleet
John Wilheimer,of Monmouth,
Kansas, said he was going to get
"first hand information" on
whether the groundhog knows
how long winter is going to last,
so in order to find out whether
they came out of their den or not
he caught five of them last fall
and hid them away jn the ground
and on the second he went to
watch them and see whether they
did or did not come out The
Record would be-glad to see his
statement, which he will make
public. ' -
New County Home
The grand jury, for our Janu
ary term of court recommended
that a new county home be built
and in addition toit a county hos
pital. -
A petition is being circulated
in this part of the county this
week securing many signers,
which will be "presented to the
county, commissioners, urging
them to carry out the recommen
dation of the" grand jury to build
and pquip a home .and hospital
for our aged men and women
that will make them comfortable.
We owe it to the seventeen pres
ent inmates -at the home arid
to those v ho shall come after
them to provide such surround
ings as will not only add to their
comfort but their happiness.
Along -. with cither progressive
movements that our county is un
dertaking there can be no act of
the people that will place them
in the forward ranks more than
to see that the inmates of our
county home are being well cared
for. Siler City Grit.
Social Notes
Among the week's affairs none
were more delightful than the
meeting of the Woman's Club on
last Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. Jas. L. Griffin and Miss
Nellie Pilkinston as hostesses
at the home of Mrs. Griffiin.
All the rooms were attractive
in their decorations of plants and
flowers.
Interesting papers were read
by Misses Henrietta Morgan and
Nellie Pilkington, both a further
study of the year's work, "Citi
zenship for Women."
At this meeting it was decided
to send Mr. Paere $50 for Euro
pean relief.
The members of the club voted
to go on record as supporting the
Board of Charities and Public
Welfare; also the State andNa
tional Censorship of motion pic
tures, f
At the close of the business
session sandwiches and coffee
were served.
Mesdames Jas. Wrenn and E.
R. Hinton will be the hostesses
at the-March meeting of . the
club.
Bynum Notes
Miss Effie Lee Lambeth visited
relatives in Sanford Monday.
Mr. and Mrs, John Whitfield,
of White Cross, spent the week
end with Mrs. Whitfield's mother,
Mrs. F. N. Hobby.
Messrs. Cook and Miller spent
a few hours in the village Sun
day. Owing to the bad roads,
people cannot stay in one place
but a short while, as it takes
most of their time going and
coming.
I. W. Farrell, of near Pitts
boro, spent last week here with
his daughter, Mrs. R. H. Aber
nathy. .
Roy Riggsbee spent Monday in
Sanford on business.
Plato Riddle is in Carthage for
a few days on business.
The Community Aid Society of
Bynum will, give a Valentine
party at the school building Sat
urday evening supper at 6:30
cream, candy and other refresh
ments for sale. The proceeds
are to be contributed to the Chi
nese relief fund. V
George W. Thompson
The old friends here of our
former townsman, Mr. George
W. Thompson, will regret to
learn of his death which occurred
Tuesday morning of last week at
Morehead City, where he had
made his home for several years
past. He leaves a widow (form
erly Miss Rosa Toe) and one son,
Stedman Thompson, of Raleigh.
He was a gentleman of the old
school and numbered his friends
by his acquaintances.
Born, Monday morning to Rev.
and Mrs. W. E. Allen, a son,
Robert Child. The . youngster
weighs ten pounds.
THE COTTON SEED SITUATION
Dr. B. W. Kilsrore v Gives Pertinent
Facts Relative to Fertil
izer Facts . . '
Eleven hundred pounds of 7
. . - . ...
per - cent cottonseed meal with
enough more to cover the cost of
hauling, freight and other ex
penses of exchange, is a fair
proposition for both farmer and
the cotton seed oil ' mills, accord
cording tos Dr. B. W. Kilgore,
Director of the North Carolina
Agriculture Extension Service,
who has prepared the following
data for the information of the
public:
There -have been so many in
quiries in regard to the price of
cotton seed meals and hulls, and
the exchange of seed for meal,
that the following facts will be
of interest to many people:
One ton of cotton seed contains:
Nitrogen ... !.. . .1 61.7 lbs
Equivalent to- ammonia ... 75.
Phosphoric acid ..... .. 26.
Potash ..' :24.
Eleven hundred pounds cotton
seed meal contains:
Nitrogen ' ........... 61.7 lbs
Equivalent to ammonia....77..
Phosphoric acid . .......... 28.6
Potash ... ; 19.8
- From the above, it is seen that
1100 pounds of 7 per cent cotton
seed meal has practically the
same amout of- fertilizer constit
uents as one ton of seed, and in
exch anging seed for meal this
amount should be obtained, and
enough more, at least, to cover
the cost of hauling, freight and
other expenses in making the ex
change, and something in addi
tion for the oil which , the mils
obtain from the seed. It is more
convenient to u e meal for seed
for ferlizerV and -formfeed.-: The
oil nfl?d1mn
fertilizing value. Seed should,
therefore, be exchanged for meal
or sold at a "fair price to the mills
rather than used "as such for fer
tilizer because of the economic
loss to the farming and cotton
oil industry and . the State when
used as fertilizer. In times like
the present, the farmer and the
cotton oil m ills should try to get
together on a fair basis to pre
vent this loss to the State, and
thus get the full value of cotton
seed. Dr. ICHgore suggests that
oil mills should take the leader
ship in trying to make this plain
and possible, and the farmer
with the facts in mind, should
deal with the matter in like man-
ner. -
Church Services
During Lent there will be ser
vices at the Episcopal Church
every Wednesday afternoon at
4:15 o'clock, consisting of even
ing prayer and a short address.
Bible Class every Friday night
at 7:30. These services are ad
ditional to the regular scheduled
services on the first and third
Sundays at 11:00 a. m. and 4:15
p. m. " -
Town Commissioners
The town commissioners of
Pittsboro, in session Tuesday
night, passed an ordinance pro
hibiting: the sale of gasoline, oil,
soft drinks or merchandise of any
kind on Sunday; and also prohib
iting the keeping of stores open i
for the sale of merchanaise or
public garages or for the pur
pose of working on cars on Sun
day. Permits may be issied by
the Mayor for the sale of gaso
line or. oil on Sunday in cases of
necessity, yiolators of this ord
inance are subject to a fine of
$10v ,: , ' n'- ,
The town tax for 1920 was
fixed at 30c on the $100 worth of
iThe ordinance as to keeping;
hogs in Pittsboro was amended ;
so as to read that no person shall
pen or keep any , hog fn town
within, 100 feet of any residence
or well or within 50 feet of any
.w rpL.u j; '
ouccu xiic uiu uruiiiitiice pro
vided that they must be 150 feet
from any residence or well.
Vital Statistics
According to the report of Mrs. ,
R. H. Hayes, local Registrar for
Pittsboro and Center township,
there were 3 births for the month
of January, 1921, in Pittsboro,
oil i
colored, one was a still-born.
For the same month in 1920 5
births and no deaths. ' .
There were ll-births in Center
townshipduringjanuary 1921, and
2 deaths; same month last year,
5 births arid 1 death.: Male births,
white, 2; colored, 4; female,
white, 2; female, colored, 3.
Only 2 deaths opcurred in the .
township last month, both color
ed and ftom old age.
It seems that the births and
deaths are not reported as they
should be,- and Mrs. Hayes asks
'lhe.ttecorcL to state that mid-
wiyes should report births to her
more promptly. Probably through
ignorance of the law midwives
may not know that they are li
able to indictment for not report
ing this matter promptly. An
other thing that they must be ig
norant of is that they must take
out a license, which they can
procure, free of cost, by apply
ing to' Mr. Jas. L. Griffin, Clerk
of the Court. They are liable in
dictment for not taking out li
cense to practice their profes
sion. : .
1 i
- Soldiers;; Attention
We are requested - to ask "those
soldiers from the Pittsboro School
who were in the Worid war, and
who have not sent in their ques
tionnaires to Prof E. R. Frank
lin to do so at once.
A tablet is to be placed in the
School bearing, the names of all
pupils -who participated in the
great war, and it is necessary for
all questionnaires to be sent in
hpfnrft this tablet csm -hp enm-
pleted. If you are a former pu
pil of the Pittsboro School and
an ex-soldier, Prof. Franklin re
quests that you send in your
questionnaire to him right away,
if you have already not done so.
" -" .
The New County Home
Editor of The Record: : v .
I am in favor of a New County
tt TTIri.i r
County. ' I think it would help
to build up your County and help
us in your hcxjuui, . uxiu uaiiiuf
had just as well have, a hospital
t i :e :n
" "-'"- v i
1 VI I 1 1 1 Ai I H I II W K" Will
get busy. v
lam not living in Chatham
now, but , will soon. If anyone
has a pair of good mules to sell,
cheap, weighing 1,000 pounds,
write me. W. C. GUNTER.
Greensboro, Denim Branch."
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