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c-f ABLISHED-SEPT. 19, 1878. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM CO.. THURSDAY, MARCH 10. 1921 . IUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET T Cennnissioners, Edwards md Wilson, Installed Other Proceedings . r'nnntv Commissioners met in Commissioners. S. Ia Wards, of Matthews township, pff F 'Wilson, of Cape Fear town t',vA the oath of office and as- FniF' 7thPir duties as county wramis fcumed tneir recently put Pionerv, the Legislature by Represen Leon T. Lane, the number of authority and charge'of . f-1 A. I 1 I :nprs eriven i hP roads in tne county, anu an a i Ho bonded indebtedness was ta- ken over ana e- " j:,rK- the Road n(iiVllUlpJ f 7 i i -i tit R. L. wforH A. J. LiiarK ana a. w. met here Monday, were wed from further responsibility, an? Sfmber of cithiens appeared befc before rmmissioners to the building of certain roads; but action on DUUUJU& nftstnnnen until the Board has an opportunity to get better 0r!ahfn?embers of the Pittsboro Wo an'q Club appeared before the Com SionerV and asked that the Court Souse be cleaned up and renovated. n. 1 ,ka rm rt House square sowed m .. - .i,iT 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; nao Mvw.f-.v.w' an Tua r.r missioner took this K .inHpr advisement, .ncc I lie X .-- but at this writing had not announced their decis The Register of Deeds reported that ua reived $127.85 as fees in his the month of February. The following bills were approved and ordered pa;d: - i(.,h Fpnrrintrton. workat Uoun "rHome ----- - t; Vonrrincrton. cooking at the County Home 10 00 L. C. UlarK, saiarj oupu wuuuj Home 41 66 Bonlee Telephone Co., tel. rent- 13 75 Dr. R. W. ralmer, examination lunatic - - Palmer's Drug Store, drugs for rvriQnnprs 5 00 45 50 Dr. R. W. Palmer, medical ser vices to prisoners 35 00 F P. Nooe, capturing 2 stills 40 00 R. P. Hobby, conveying lunatic to hospital - 29 70 G. H. Hancock, capturing 4 stills and 3 caps and worms 1.-70 00 J. H. Campbell, capturing still and worm " ' - 25 00 J. L. Carson, 1 day as pollholder 3 00 R. G. Perry, capturing cap, worm 10 00 B. M. Mclver, repairing bridge 25 00 H. L. Farrell and L.ee wrignt, iwork on still r i---. Cary Moore, pork for -the Coun ty Home .12 W. H Ferguson, capturing still- S. T. Johnson, capturing still W. M. Scott, arrest and convic tion Exum Goodwin 5 00 --fS'Sari-- 65 eu 20 00 10 00 60 00 H. A. Fields, work on roads 18 00 W. H Taylor, services as jailer 68 00 Jas. L. Griffin, salary C.S.C..etcl38 23 Cole Printing Co., office supplies 42 02 W. E. Lane, funeral expenses of M. F. Sullivan 10 00 Foote & Davies Co.. ink 1 98 Edwards Sr. Rrouchton. crintine 2 70 Chatham Hdw. Co., supplies for County Home. 16 18 James E. Thiem. supplies for Court House 4 25 H. A. Harrington, capturing still 20 00 Dr. J. S. Milliken, smallpox vac cination and salarv as health officer -i 1-- 47 60 Thomas Leach, ianitor 20 00 Thomas Leach, extra help 8 50 W.L. London & Son. suDDlies for County Home 20 42 W.L. London & Son. suDDlies for Court House . 2 25 Masonic Service Rev. W. E. Allen will -preach a special sermon to- the Masons at the Episcopal Church, here Sunday evening at 7:30-o-clock. All the Masons in the County, as well as others, are cordially in vited to attend. Seats will be reserved for the Masons. A col lection will be taken up for the Oxford Orphan Asylum. ' Married At Durham, Monday of last week, Mr. Hubert L. Fields, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fields, of Pittsboro, route 3, was united in marriage to Miss Emma Lee Price, niece of Mr. G. J. McLaurin, of Siler City, route 5, Rev. Dr. Dod- son Poe officiating., ' . Church Services Rev. L. Smith, of Fayetteville, will hold services in the Presby terian Church here next Sunday. Morning services at 11 : am., night, 7:30. Dr. Harper, of Zebulon, has located here for the practice of medicine. - He has moved, his wife and family here. They are living in the house formerly occupied by Mr. -W. E. Alley. . ' a.r - i i i -. tv Commissioness was increasea Cc ih rioard of Road Commission to fiv.e'.i: and the County Commis- DEATH OF CHAS. S. BREWER A Former Pittsboro Citizen Dies Suddenly in Heh- - derson Mr. Charles S. Brewer died sudden ly at his home in Henderson, on Mon day, February 28. He was the second son of ex-Sheriff S. W. and Mrs. M. C Brewer and was in his 46th year. Mr Brewer left Pittsboro when a mere lad, and following the majority of the boys who went out in the world from here, made good. He was half owner of the Vance Hotel in Hender son and was manager at the time of his death. During the ten years of his life in Henderson, he had been a mov ing factor in every enterprise that help ed make Henderson one o the leading towns in the State; was a" City Alder man, a director in several enterprises and had been tendered several, offices of honor and trust in his adopted home. Mr. Brewer was a consistent mem ber of the Baptist Church, and was Chairman of the Building Committee of the new $100,000 Baptist Church now being erected in Henderson. The funeral was held from the church, the .Masons conducting the services, and his body was buried in the ceme tery in Henderson. He is survived by his widow, five children, his mother, one sister and two brothers. Mr. Brewer is pleasantly remember ed by the " people of Pittsboro for his jovial dispostion and his faculty for making friends. Location For The Home Editor of The Record: We hear much talk about where the new County Home should be situated. 1 believe", if I may be permitted to sug gest, that the most suitable location in the County for the new Home is the place owned by N. Mr Hill, about one t mile south of Pittsboro, cn the Pitts- boro-Moncure-Sanford road, and on one of the leading highways. It is about the highest elevated place, convenient to Pittsboro and is close enough to tne town and not too close. - it is gooa land and well drained, and it can be bought at a reasonable price. There are 28 acres in this tract. V. R. John son ,has a place of about 50 acres, which adjoins the Hill tract, that can be bought at a reasonable price. We can buy at. a reasonable price 1UU or more acres adjoining this site and that is enough,! believe, for a County Home tract. I hope that the Committee will look over this site, before they decide upon the place for the Home. lours very respecuuuy, W. A. ELLINGTON. If so, then everybody should join in and help, make a revival for Pittsboro possible. Revivals are not of human or gi l. The prophet Habakkuk realized that when he said, "O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years.,, And yet, God can send a revival only when his people have met the conditions that are necessary to bring a revival about. And certainly some of the conditions are confession of past failure and sins, repentance and a giving of ourselves anew to the work of saviner the lost. Preparation is being made to hold two weeks revival services in the Methodist church here be ginning next Monday night, the 14th, and will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. J. Boone. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Vital Statistics During the month of February this year there was one 1 white female born and 1 death in Pitts boro, a colored female, whose death was caused from tubercu losis. t. During February, 1920, there were no births and no deaths. Increase of births for February, 1921, 1 and 1 death. Center Township February, 1921, births 10, deaths 1. One white female and 2 white male births and 6 colored females and 1 colored male births, inere was 1 death, and 1 colored still-born. There were 4 births and 1 death for the month of February, 1920. Increase of births for 1921, 6. Card of .Thanks I wish to thank all the .People who so generously contirbuted to my relief after the destruction cf my home by fire and the death of my son. I wish to assure them that their kindness 'is appreciat ed. -Sophy Cross. We are having April showers in March. iTl THE CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA - ' f One of the Most Magnificent Churches in the World The following letter from Comman der J. J, London written at Constanti nople, February. 9th, will be of inter est to our readers: "St. Sophia is one of the most mag nificent churches in the world, equaled only by St. Peter's at Rome m magni tude, majesty and beauty. The pres ent edifice is a Turkish Mosque but was built originally as a Christian Church by Justinian the Great in 537 A. D. v It had been built by Constantine some 220 years before but had been burned down twice. At the time of the final erec tion of St. Sophia, Constantinople was the center of the world and the head quarters of the Christian Church. "In building this magnificent struct ure Justinian .is credited with the am bition of embodying in it an expression of his devotion to the omnipotent God and to place before the world a symbol combining all art, all riches, all human thought and skill as a tribute to the Creator. Architects, artists, decora - rators and skilled workmen were re quisitioned from every . land. The cn ure world was called upon for materi al. The pagan temples were stripped of their treasures to adorn the sanctu ary of the true God ! The shrines of Isis and Osiris, the temples of the Sun "at Baalbek, of Diana at Ephesus, of Minerva at Athens, and of Phoebus at Delos, were all despoiled of pillars, col umns. and adornments of marble and gold to do St. Sophia honor. Even Sol omon's temple at Jerusalem contribut ed toward its grandeur. All of the above, one learns before visiting this great structure, but it does not prepare you for the view which presents itself when you step in side. You can only stop spellbound for minutes as you contemplate its grand eur. To think that such an edifice could have been built so long ago and could have stood for nearly 1400 years The interior is oval in shape, being 25 feet long by 100 feet wide, with exten sive aisles and recesses on either side making the exterior of the building about 270 feet by 240'feet. The dome which i& 107 feet in diameter rises over tie centre to a height of 179 feet. The size of this church can be realized when you consider that our County Courthouse could be placed inside and saem lost. . "Very few of the original adornments are left in the mosque. Nearjy every thing that could be carried away was taken by the Crusaders in 1204, and most of the signs of a Christian Church were obliterated by the Turks when they took Constantinople in 1453. The floor. of .the mosque is covered with beautiful Turkish rues and no bench or chair is seen over the broadSxpansS 6t floor. Instead, there are rows upon rows of flat wooden troughs which act as receptacles for the , worshippers shoes. The rugs are divided in their texture into sections, so that each wor shipper can kneel on his own section with his shoes in iront of him in the trough. Upon entering the building we were required not to remove our shoes, but to step into heavy leather sandals. The Turks keep on their hats (fezes); we removed ours. At the time of our visit, there were several Turks present in the J-process of their devotions, kneeling with bowed heads and mutter in z their prayers. They ap pear to have no regular time for their devotions, but visit the mosque any day of the week and at any time. There seemed to be several learned ones giv ing instruction to the Koran by lectures to small eroups in the recesses, mere was no heat whatever in the building, which made it quite chilly for the de votees, we thought. In copnection with this worship I was reminded that the Turks believe in our God, after all. and their Koran has great similarity to our Bible. They believe in Christ as a Erophet but not as great a one as Mo ammed, the true Prophet. "Every Moslem who can afford to do so, makes a pilgrimage to Mecca, for that not only insures the salvation of his soul but advances him in social rank. He then becomes a Hadji, and has that appended to his name.'7 The Letter "EP The letter "E" is perhaps the most conspicuous letter in "the English lan guage. It is always out of Cash, .for ever in Debt, never out of Danger and in Hell all the time. But don't over look the fact that the letter "E" is not in War and always inJPeace. It is the beginning of Existence, the commence ment of Ease and the end of Trouble; Without it there would be no Life arid no Heaven. It ia the center of Honesty, makes Love perfect, and without it there would be no Editors, Devils or News. The Uplift. Help! Help! News item No. 9,000,000 eggs has 1 : A shipment of reached New York from China. News item No. 2: The Chinese chil dren are starvine to death. America must contribute to relieve the famine. Dig down, boys, dig down. ' First cotton seed were planted in Virginia at Jamestown in 1607. Cotton was introduced into all the Southern colonies by the first settlers. SOME RAMBLES OF RAMBLER To the preacher ; belongs the praise. Heretofore The Record has knocked at, hit at and talked about briars, vines and weeds growing alongside and filling up the sidewalk on the north side of Fifth Avenue, near the parsonage and which had become an eyesore, all to no purpose. ' Rev. J. J. Boone looked at the spreading crop- or vines tin niseyes run water. Then he set fire to them, and today, the nuisance is ho more. bp. et s give thanksto the preacher. People are certainly strange. Take some women, lor nmstance. - xney re always happy when they re moving the furniture around the room every weeK or so, wniie there are omers wno get mad if they have to move once a year. Speaking about people a citizen was ooking at the surfacing on the street eadine west from thp courthouse, when he remarked that "the surface was six or eight inches deep." "It's not deep enough, remarked a bystander. At another place the surface . appeared to be 12 inches, "That's too much," re marked a man. "It's too costly." It is said a Center township citizen war, in Raleigh a few days ago and saw an oil wasron delivering oil. He watch ed the oil as it ran into the cans. Next day he saw a street sprinkler passing down the street and ran to the driver and said: "Stop your wagon, mister; all your oil is running out. " Thursday a steam shovel belonging to the road force passed through Pitts boro. Ernest Williams, Ernest Boone, Ernest Farrell and Henry Hatch stood looking at the moving wagon as it pass ed, then followed it to the outskirts of town. "Let's go back," said one of the E's, "they are not going to play any.": They thought it was a band wagon. Pittsboro's joker told this story on them. It will be a curiosity to some people if they will go down to the courthouse and take a look at the many whiskey stills reposing there. They are piled up nearly to the ceiling. - When Judge Lyon comes to court next week it is hoped he will put in jail the hobo clock hanging on the wall in the courthouse. It won't work. S.ne automobile owners cannot buy gas'olene in town on Sunday, what a nice opening there is for a gas joint on top of the hill, just out of the cor porate limits. .,' Town Election Editor of The Record: The election for Mayor and Town Commissioners Is comjng4on apace, and from what I hear on the streets theft's : i i-i : u"Z rif i. .JSr that they are going to be in the race on the day of election, and I suppose wiu aisu uc iii cviucuce. ror ice lun ui cue uu B -- - Sange I hope the ladies will get out a full ticket. From what I can learn, the ladies are going to head their ticket for Mayor with one of Pittsboro's most respected ladies Mrs.. R. H. Hayes. - The five Commissioners are to be Mrs. Ernest Farrell, Mrs W. M. Eubanks, "Mrs. James Wrenn, Mrs. Jacob Thompson and Mrs. Lee Farrell. Another ticket is suggested as fol lows: . - Mayor Mrs. H. A; London. Commissioners Mrs. R. H. Hayes, Mrs. H. T. Chapin, Mrs. Jacob Thomp son, Mrs. Ernest Farrell and Mrs. F. P. Nooe. ii un town 73" nicked out a verv srood ticket, one that J . 1 . a 9 M . t 3 1 will look after the cleanliness of the town. This will be the first ticket of the kind in the State or South to be put up and voted for. And if victorious, the new Board will certainly elect a lady tax collector, nd we'll bet five cents againrt a bull 'dog that she will make the best collector Pittsboro has ever had. Thev mav elect a lady policeman, but it would certainly look funny to see a woman going around town with a "bil lie" in her hand and a star upon her breast, as she walks up and down the street, telling the crowds to move on. Money in Turkeys w' 4 ... D. T. Siler in Siler City Grit. I see Mr. Stone is still getting turkey news from his route. . I have been try ing to raise a few turkeys every year for about 15 years, with the exception of two or three years. We have raised from 83 down to 30. I believe 83 tur- keys from three hens is about the best we ever done, almost za from eacn nen. Last year I took a new start, ordering from the best turkey farm I could find. The torn cost $20. one hen cost $12, and three cost $30; total, $62. The torn only weighs fifty pounds now, but his father weighed seventy pounds at 18 months old. and the ladv I erot him from wins more prizes than any turkey farm in the South. Some of the young hens we raised last fall weighed 14 and 15 pounds at Thanksgiving and from 15 to 18 Christmas, toms 20" to 24 pounds. We sold 30 just before Christmas that brought 210. rru: ui.Kia vrthins frncrs and even the catbirds are here to wp prtmp anrino- THE ROAD QUESTION AGAIN Editor-of The Record; , - Of late your columns have been full of flowery criticisms of the manner in which wbat few improved roads Chat ham has, or is building, have been handled. Citizens who live back in certain wooded areas, where the light ning bugs play hide-and-seek with the seed tick, and who have not had the opportunity to study the various prob- lema that confront our people in the construction of a new road, are natu rally incapable of knowing or believing the true problems that truly exist. It is very sad to conceive that arty one or group of citizens of our County should believe that a new built road, construct ed during the winter months, composed of cur own naturaj soil that surrounds us in our fields, should 'at once become intact and throw off water in the same manner as the geysers of Yellowstone Park, developing immediately into a hardvpacked roadway, so that our buck ing Fords can flivver along at break neck speed without the use of breaks or low gears. If it was possible to construct such earth roads upon the funds we usually have available f er ex penditure, we would not describe them as "ornamental creatures but, on the other hand, would feel more like apply ing the old Biblical expression of "mi racle" to it. In a discussion of this said road con struction, naturally the first question to arise, is the cost proposition, and I believe I am safe; in saving that these criticizers, who can so elegantly dis play this flowery architectural display of abuse, are practically incapable of knowing the first letters of., the. game. The don't study the proposition direct ly and consequently only see the dark side of the problems, naturally devel oping into chronic kickers. They do not conceive of the cost involved in an effort to eliminate the hills that now force our farmers to load light, for they hardly know that it takes money to build bridges and fills that will per mit them to cross streams at all stages without dampening their ' hoof s , and, last, they don't seem to have learned that an infant cannot grow up to either manhood or womanhood overnight. In an effort to equalize the expendi tures of road funds and give every citi zen a look in our County, it was neces sary that our Representative in the Legislature pass or have passed a bill that will put all townships on the same footing. It is my belief, that this step was made necessary in. order that cer tain living conditions, in remote parts of our County, where nothing has been done to help themselves, could be built up and not allowed to rot down from a prosperity standpoint. I he remote spots have failed in the past to put tiemselves on equal footing with the majority of Chatham County where proeress has been a motto, but have nsver failed to offer the majority of citicisms whenever progressive steos are taken. They have wanted roads, or rather they want them at the pres ent time, or the author of your latest ramunication from the wilderness has I not t not only, deceived. us all but also him- self. From a point where a bird would not venture across without a lunch, and also where Cornwallis led his running i i . ,j that the entire proposition was a failure and e ce enl .Q their bond election was cast to the dogs.. Follow- ing his elegant abuse of certain roads where he made it necessary to have business, he r went into detail to show' that his community should have one of these same creatures, and forced forth an argument, based either on Colum bus' discovery of America or Cornwal 1 s' retreat, why this certain creature should meander at a certain point and turn in a given direction. ' - After reading both his proposal and abuse. I am certain do fair minded read er would believe it' would be safe to construct one of these "ornamental creatures" in that section for, natu- rally, it would create a howl of 'criti . ''1L.4 u m.i. , t cism that would rip Chatham open. If one many miles away from this gentle reader should cause such a display of fireworks, there is . no telling what would be the result if our authorities sought to construct one in his immedi ate vicinity. J. S. PETTY. Bynum, N. C.. Route I. PAREGORIC BY R. ; The papers tell of an 8-year-old child which talkid 264 hours. That's noth ing. A Pittsboro lady has been talk ing over 50 years, and she is in good health yet. - President Wilson Will Continue to Work for Peace. Headline. He will probably find it in his new home in Washington. ? Opportunity knocks'at your door now and then. But the groundhog oily comes once a year. Raleich ladies have formed a club to make their own hats. Now hubby can make up his mind that hat bills Will be arger than ever this spring.' The Piedmont baseball league is get tine readv to play balL The babies around here have been playing bawl all the winter. March came in "most beautifully" quiet, inow let u way. wvv All kinds of works are going on in Chatham. Road, water and are some of them. calomel North Carolina has half as many Republicans as there are m tne enure ouulu. - rife Iny l I l I 'HI II I I.I'm Get Yours to They Will Be Higher lter Men's Wool Suits - ' priced up from . Boys' Wool Suits priced up from . Men's and Boys' Shirts priced up from ' Underwear priced up from i , ' Shoes priced up from Hats priced up from "COME AND SEE" 'is all we ask. When this sale is off you will not see these goods sold at these pri ces. Get yours now is good advice CVR. Boone "Good Quality Spells What BOONE Sells." , De Luxe Clothier. Raleigh, N. C ft We Now Have a SWdWatclifflaker and Jeweler . n in bur Repair Department and all work turned out promptly Only the Best of Ma terial Used ' and all work guaranteed. DIAMONDS remounted while you wait. Send us your repair ' work by mail. All orders given prompt attention. r W. F. CHfcARS Jeveler Phone 109 SANFOKD, N. C. Farm For Sale 99" I - O acres good land, 7- ii i JL room. 2-story house, all. outbuildings, good pasture, 10 miles west of Pittsboro. trice ?i.ouu. uasn or easy terms.. Write or wire fel7 lm C Cm. KIRKMAN, Bulington, N. C. Notice to Creditors Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Ann Thomas, dee'd, this is to notifv all persons holding claims against the estate of the deceas ed to present saire to the undersigned on or before the 17th of February, 1922, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. . All persons . indebted to the said es tate will come forward and make im mediate settlement. This February 17th, 1921. C. C. THOMAS, Admr. Mrs. Ann Thomas, deceased, ' Moncure, N. C. r -4