U ABLISH ED SEPT; 19, 1878.
PITTSBORO. CHATHAM CO. THURSDAY, MARCH 17. 1921;
VOL. XLTI1 NO. 33
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Nn COMMISSIONERS
MEET IN MEMORY OF
. ttiWav Gommis-
I nil tract Through
sion
Williams Township Let
WILEY GOODWIN
nmTnisaioners were in
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f" ,i5V. Tuesaay .ttuu j
Ision Qtham county High
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1- :;.inn. A. T. Ward, Chair-
,nf County
niulc wpH Chairman of
ijners, mm5ssiOI, and C. C.
Je Highway
jfbe County
was e
con
fon oi
r
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Commission,
lected Secretary.
let for the construe
Aco"- u Williams town
's road tnruufc
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township and
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jon in ri Vrrinerton's
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run-
the
Durham
Commis-
It is sad heyond expression to be
compelled today, and from this time
henceforth, to speak of Wiley Goodwin
as dead. But it is with the profound
est pleasure that I take occasion to
give utterance to my appreciation of
his virtues, and bear testimony to those
high qualities in him that marked him
in many respects, not only as one of
the best citizens of his community, but
whose face portrayed that sterling
character and courage which manifest
ed itself throughout his whole life.
True love is unmistakable in its man
ifestations. He who really and truly
loves his fellows need not fear that
they will find it out. It will manifest
itself, not in the arts and wiles of the
demagogogue, but in a thousand ways
which need not be premeditated, and
-Doll's
r,r nv
"6 . ;nt near
JtlU&c x, Durham
ounty "ne- .l n( -nnnppt caanot D misjudged or misunderstood.
oners wm nic v;i- th Those who were intimate with Good-
with thlS rOS ... mi twin Irnotju tfint- Vi o irtvorl linmanitr nnH
If " Una- hilt II nOC It Will 1 " j ,
i!urham ouu y fonrra f!mm. love with him was not weak sentimen-
ade to connect with Orange Coun-
W iine . .inetni ration of
ThP contract iur w -----,Th!
" L Rocky River in Oakland
onus" , A4.lott4.:- RrlHtre
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own'F io to be built
r::i the road recently con-
' to Sanford and Pittsboro.
Several petitions ior tne cuo
kf nthet roaas were Flcafc
r ..... , hrd bv the Commission,
fcetiuoiicif
action was taKen uu
that have is-
them at
but no -" "
his time.
Fnnfthe townships
L. v.nnH for roads made a report 10
S5UCU
Commission as to tne
on hand.
funds and
These f e-
hhe
thftv have
LfaWprfi made preparatory to the
County taking over this work and as
suming the bonded inaeDieaness i
these townships. The townships hav
ing unfinished road work almost com
pleted were authorized to complete the
same.
Womans' Club
tality, but strong, overmastering pas
sion. - He loved humanity not in the
abstract, but in the person of those
members of it who came within reach
of him. And this love to them was not
a mere sentiment, but a ral passion,
to which he gave expression to his
many acts of kindness and devotion to
them. It was thus that he bound his
friends to him with hoops of steel and
held them in a grasp which nothing
could loosen.
He was one of those men that follow
ed the immortal Lee and Jackson thru
out the civil war, and after the surren
der he returned home with that great
courage and determination of which I
have already spoken, to what seem3 to
me. to nave oeen to mm ana otners. a
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land of no hope, yet, retaining that
spirit and courage with which he car
ried with him to the front he and oth
ers like him made for this generation a
living monument which bespeaks tc all
men the principles upon which good
government must rest.
W. P. HORTON.
SHORTEN DISTANCE 10 MILES
Road TFrom S5alem Church in
W ake to County Line
to Be Built.
A recent issue of the Raleigh Times
says that following a petition signed by
95 farmers of the Green Level section
of Wake County, the 'Jounty Commis
sioners Tuesday took steps toward the
improvements of the western Wake
highways and byroads with a plan to
link Raleigh and Pittsboro by shorter
imDroved route. Several requests for
road improvements in that section were
accepted by a vote of the entire board to
inspect the roads needing Improve
ment. .
A stretch of road leading from Sa
lem Church dn the Central Highway by
Olive's Chapel and thence to the Chat
ham line furnished five miles of high
way in which the western Wake citi
zens are almost interested at present-
Chatham County officals arepreparng to
gravel a nine-miles highway extending
from Pittsboro to the Wake line. This
improvement has already cost $34,000.
The only thing needed is the improve
ment of the five miles of road between
the County line and Salem Church. If
the Wake Commissioners adhere to the
petition of the Western Wake farmers,
the new line will shorten the Raleigh
Pittsboro route by at least ten miles.
The road in Question is known as the
A
old Jenks road.
DAUGHTERS OF -THE
CONFEDERACY
MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION
On Wednesday, March 2nd, the Wo
mans' Club met with Mrs. Jas. Wrenn
and Mrs. E. R. Hiron as hostesses, at
thp home of Mrs. Wrenn. " " -
Th& following were elected as dele-
gates to the District Convention at Car
tWe: Mrs. W. P. Horton, Mrs. A.
tj T nnfifin Mrs. J. W. Hunt and Miss
li, UUliUV. -
F.IiVnhpth Chanin.
Mn W. R. Thompson, Chairman of
the Civics Department, presented a pe
tition for the approval of the Club, ask
ing that the Court House be renovated
nnri that the sauare be sown in lawn
erass. The petition was unanimously
onri -wrns nrp.sented to the
ajjyiwtv uiiv " w x '
Commissioners on the first Monday.
Mrs. James Wrenn, of the Health
Department, also presented a petition
asking the Mayor to have a "Clean-up
Wk" for Pittsboro. This petition
was also unanimously approved.
Ac the close of the business meeting
delightful refreshments were served.
Alcohol Permits
"Druggist are no longer required to
secure a permit from the Clerk of the
Superior Court to obtain alcohol for med
ical purposes." says Frederick O. Bow
man, of Chapel Hill, attorney for the
North Carolina Pharmeceutial Associa
tion. "The law requiring this unneces
sary and expensive procedure," the
statement continues, "was repealed
at the late session of the Legislature,
and became effective upon its ratifica
tion, March 9th. To secure alcohol,
druggists now deal direct with the
Federal Prohibition Director, T. H.
Vanderford, Salisbury.
Raising Chickens
Mrs. John Edwards has for ten years
been breeding" Buff Orpinertons, which
breed she considers best for her use.
From forty hens last year, from April
12th to November 15th, she sold $462
worth of young chickens and eggs v and
without the use of an incubator. She
has nearly four hundred young chiefcs
now rapidly maturing for market which
size they will reach at the end of the
eighth week, weighing about two
pounds.Siler City Grit
Woman For Commissioner
The primary for Town Commissioners
will be held at Bennett April 15th and
a correspondent of The Grit says , that
it looks as if a woman will be nominat
ed as one of the Commissioners. He
also says that Bennett is to have anoth
er roller mill.
PAREGORIC
Masonic Sermon
Quite a number of Masonss and a
large audience of our citizens attended
the services at the Episcopal Church
Sunday night to listen to Rev. -W. E.
Allen, deliver a sermon on Masonry. No
doubt many of the audience expected to
hear some of the secrets and doings of
the Masons explained, but they were
disappointed. The address or sermon
as well handled by Mr. Allen and the
'audience seemed well pleased by what
they did or did not learn of Masonry.
A quartette, composed of Mr. Henry
Bynum, Mrs. Henry Bynum and Mrs.
W. P. Horton sung "Sweeter as the
Years Go By," and it was beautifully
rendered. .
After the services ended a collection
was taken up for the Oxford Orphan
Alsylum and a nice little sum was rea
lized, $15.06.
Heat Record for March
Another heat record for March was
smashed yesterday when at 4 o'clock
the official thermometer in the Federal
building registered 70 degrees. This is
the highest mark reached on the same
date since 1878, when the top mark was
69. The average yesterday was 63 de
grees. The average on March 7 of
last year was 22,: and 37 in the normal.
To add to the discomfort of heavy clo
thing that the wise citizens fear .to dis
card there was 80 per cent of humidity
in the atmosphere. Philadelphia Record.
SmithGriffin
At the Methodist parsonp.ge in Ral
eigh Saturday afternoon, by Rev. Mr.
Peele, Mr. W. Emory Smith, of Raleigh;
was united in marriage to Miss Curtis
Uriffin.
Mr. Smith is in the automobile busi-l
Dess in Raleigh and is a young man of
exemplary habits. The young and hand
some bride is the daughter of Mr. and
s. J.W. Griffin, who live near town.
She has many friend here who wish for
her and her young husband many years
of happiness in which The Record hear
ty joins. - ' " " : :, V
The bride and groom spent, several
days among friends here this week. They
will make their future home inFaleigh.
Oldest Pastor In World
Thought to be the oldest active pastor
in the world, the Rev. W. N. Norment,
of Whiteyille, Tenn.,will soon celebrate
his one hundredth birthday anniversary.
For 63 years he has served the congre
gations of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church without interruption. Though his
eye sight is failing him to some extent
andiiis step has grown feeble, he hopes
to continue his pastorate for years to
come.
Quite a large number of people at
tended the funeral of Mr. Rod Seymore
Sunday at Mt. Gilead Church, where
he has held his membership for several
I vp3rs. Mr. Seymore was a good man,
j - ,
and will he greauy misseu i
Church, and community. W sympa
thize with the family in their loss.
; There will be a play! given at the
auditorium at Bynum Saturday night,
March 19, entitled, "Dot the Miner s
Daughter." Full of fun. Admission
15 and 20cents.
Dr W. H. Fowler, veternarian, lias
located here and can be found at the
Burns Hotelor phone E. A. Farrell.
BY R.
Some hogs are sent to market and
some ought to be sent to jail.
A Pittsboro citizen was asked if the
whiskey he drank felt like moonshine.
He said it felt more like a meteorite
when it struck bottom.
It is now .claimed that the war tax
won the war.
A Chatham father refused to let his
son have a goat. "One in the family
is enough, " he said. '
. The United States can have its vie
tories and its peace, but we want a vie
j tory that holds its peace.
That was a smart high grade scholar
who said the highest form of animal
life was the giraffe.
Democrats Need Money. Headline.
That's nothing. Farmers need money;
editors need money; and some women,
knead dough.
A Pittsboro citizen told a friend that
he was saving all his wages, as' fifteen
dollars didn't buy much.
The members of the Legislature came
to the conclusion that "misery loves
company," so they adjourned to get
rid of one another.
The Winnie Davis Chapter of the U.
D. C, met on the" afternoon of Feb.
25th at the ; residence of "Mrs. W. M.
Eubanks, with Mrs. Eubanks and Mrs.
W. L. Farrell as hostesses.
The .meeting was called to order by
the. President, H Mrs. H. A. London.
Mrs. J. W. Hunt, Chairman oi tne
Committee to select the rugs for the
Soldiers'. Home in Raleigh, reported
that several members had not paid
their assessment of 25 cents. All mem
hers who have not paid their amount
are requested to do at once. Mrs. Cor
die Harmon was asked to take charge
of this feature. Mrs. Hunt also re
ported that Messrs. Jas. L. GriffuvW.
H. Griffin and W? R. ' Thompson had
contributed to this fund, for which the
Chapter .extended its thanks and ap
preciation.
It was ordered that all money col
lected,: after paying for the rugs so se
lected, be" kept separate from the gen
eral fund and such excessbe used sole
ly for the Soldiers Home in Raleigh,
Mrs. R. M. Farrell, Treasurer, read
her report which was approved.
Mrs., Eubanks, '" Chairman of the Re
lief CommitteVmade her report; it was
approved Mrs. London emphasized
the fact that every , member of the
Chapter was a.member of the Relief
Committee, and that it wa3 the duty of
each and every one to report -the illness
or need of any veteran or widow of a
veteran.
Mrs; R. A. Glenn reported the ill
ness of Mr. W. L. Griffin, a Confeder
ate veteran. Mrs. Jas. L. Griffin and
Mrs. W- M. Eubanks were requested
to send him fruit.
The committee appointed to look af-
t.pr the museum cabinets at the Court
House were asked to have same oiled
and appropriate placards placed across
the top of each.
The War Relic3 Committee was re-
ouested to solicit the loan of relics for
x
the Werld War Cabinet.
A rising vote of love and sympathy
was extended to Mrs. Brewer who re
cently sustained a bad fall. - i
A rising vote of welcome was-extend
ed to Mu& Cordie Harmon. -.-r w,i!r;
Mrs. G. W. Blair, in her usual gr a
cious manner, thanked the Chapter for
the potted primrose sent her while she
was in the hospital in Raleigh.
Our President, Mrs. London gave us
a very interesting account of the work
that is being done before the present
session of the Legislature in behalf of
the Confederate veterans.
Each membor of the Chapter was re
quested to write a personal letter to
some member of the Legislature urg
ing that the pension of Confederate
soldiers be increased.
After a lengthy discussion it was de
cided to send telegrams to Messrs. Mc
Coin, Varsar, L. T. Lane and Doughton
demanding that the pension of Confed
erate soldiers be increased so to at least
give them a living pension; that it was
North Carolina's debt to them and
should be a preferred debt before any
thing else.
At the close of the business session a
most tempting salad course was served
by the hostesses, assisted by Master
Lester Farrell. ;
MRS. E. A. FARRELL, Sec'y.
Calls Upon WMte and Colored
Citizens to Set, Their
Houses in Order ;
Mayor B. Nooe has issued a procla
mation to the effect that from Monday,
March 28, until Saturday, April 2, will
be observed in Pittsboro as 'Clean-up
Week." . The object of this will be to
get the people to clean up their prem
ises.. - . ' ' - ;
All the' organizations, both white and
colored, are urged to co-operate in this
work. The Womans' Club, under the
Health Department, will take ah active
part in this campaign. . ! : .
This early clean-up, followed by con
tinuous efforts on the part of the town
people, will mean much in the effort
being made to rid ourselves of flies
The proclamation reads follows:
"Everybody wants a clean town every
day in the year, but . some have to be
reminded to clean up. This being the
case, let all of us start something.
There is. going to be a "Clean-up
Week," beginning : March 28 and clos
ing' the following Saturdsy.J At the
close of this ' week let us have Pitts
boro a spotless town. '
"I call upon all citizens, both white
and colored, to set" their OWN premises
in order and the town authorities will
do the rest. Let us make the town
clean and then keep it clean.
"Signed, : B. NOOE, Mayor."
DICK RAMSAY'S
. KICKING MULE
Dick Ramsay has a wonderf ul mule.a
kicking . mule. Sometimes this . mule
kicks for the fun of the thing. Some
times wheir Dick wants to show hl3
friends the kind of a kicker he has, he
takes him out of the stable and makes
him kick. It's glory for the mule. '
Dick never undresses him when he is
through working him, and the conse
quence is, he goes to bed every night
with his breeches on. ' 1 mean the mule
does.
No one sits behind this mule to drive
him. He - is hitched into a buggy or
waeon backwards and the man sits at
CHATHAM CO. SCHOOLS
ROCK SPRINGS
A school entertainment will be given
at Rock Springs School on the evening
the 25th of March, beginning at seven
o'clock. The program is as follows:
1 Song, Vacation, School. '
Recitation, Greeting, Inez Morgan.
" by Mildred Dean
"" by Ray - Fearrington.
." ; . by Ernest Dean. 7
Dr. Johnson's Cow, Bun
2
3 "
4 "
5
6 "
Johnson.
his head to drive him. This mule can'
go as fast backwards as forwards. He
doesn't know the difference. "
I Dick had a plow made for the pur- -pose,
a back-handed plow, one that
plows backwards, as it were. After
the mule is hitched to this plow, he
works all right. He will not plow face-
foremost. Strange, isn't it?
" The mule can hit a fly six feet from
his body. I mean the mule's body, and
has been known to clean a peach tree
of all the'peaches on it in five minutes.
- The mule got so bad at kicking that
Dick had to put four-inch oak ceiling ,
in the mule's bedroom to keep him, the ,
mule, from kicking his way out. v -
One day the mule noticed Dick stick
ing nails in the plank in the stall, and
he slowly turned around and kicked
Dick out of doors and finished the job
himself, .; Tht is, the mule did;
He kicked so rapid one day that he
could not get his feet, to the ground for
a long time, so that put something into
Dick's head besides water. -
Dick has a well in his yard and he
fixed up a contrivance to put the mule
to work. He . nailed up a t box to the
wall in which ; was a spring of some
kind (o which was attached a big coil
of wire' one end of which was fastened
to the windlass of the well. . Every time
the mule-would kick the box it would
start the spring to work which would
cause the windlass to turn. . This would
let the, bucket down. The bucket would
soon get full of water. ; To bring the
bucket back required extra . kicking.
Valedictory,
SOME ADVICE TO
THE MERCHANTS
OF PITTSBORO
The oldest practician physician in the
United States, it is believed, lives in Ta
coma, Wash. He is Dr. Lemuel I. North,
who rp.centlv celebrated his one hun
dredth birthday anniversary.
Mnrt.h Carolina takes first rank
among the States in tobacco value, ac
cording to the report of Frank Parker,
agricultural statistician, who reports a
a total of 395,000,000 pounds of farmer's
sales of tobacco reported up to March
1 and enough evidence to run the year's
total up to 420,000,000 averaing 21 1
cents.
8 Recitation,
Ellis
9 Play, Aunt Hannah's Reformation.
10 Play, i'A Prairie Rose."
11 Pantomime, Abide With Me.
PITTSBORO
NELL FOUSHEE, : CLASS EDITOR.
The Poe Literary Society held its reg
ular meeting last Friday, the program
being declamation contest.
An interesting ball game, Pittsboro
vs Gum Springs, was played here Fri
dav afternoon. The score was seven
to one in favor of Pittsboro.
The boarding students of the senior.
class spent last week-end in town. Fri
day night Myrtle Poe delightfully en
tertained in their honor. Games were
played and a contest held. Sankie Per
ry and Letson Nooe won the prize. A
delicious salad course was served. Mu
sic was furnished by the hostess at the
piano, baturday atternoon an inter- , j arge crowd is expected.
noon an interesting game ot basketbalM Thp GrouD Teacher's Meeting
was played at the schoolhouse. That
niffht Miss Lelia Johnson eutertained
at her home near town.
Moyle Johnson will represent the
school in a declamation contest at Wake
Forest Thursday.
i
the mule's bedroom and ran a, cora
through the hole, to which was attach
ed a weight. This weight just touched
the mule's back. The other end of the
cord was tied to the wire on the out
side. Whenever you wanted a bucket
of water all you had to do was to shake
the wire and the mule did the rest.
A few nichts ago an owl lit on the
wire and shook it so hard that the mule
thought Dick wanted a bucket of wa
ter, and began to kick. Next morning
the well was dry, every drop of water
had been drawn out. Nobody had lilt
ed the weight off the mule's back and
the mule just kept kicking. -
Would Dick sell him? No. But he
says he will give him to any one who
will feed and ciotne mm. -
ment will be given at the school-DUiia-
ing Wednesday night, March 16. Mucn
enthusiasm is being shown by the pupils
will
p.m.
it is
that
every teacher in this group will be here
promptly.
The Group
be held Friday, beginning at 6
The attendance is better than
on Saturday, and it is hoped
Present-day merchandising is quite a
different problem to what it was twen
ty or even ten years ago. . First, com
petition is no longer local." As a fact,
local co-operation to offset outside at
tack is almost a necessity. Good roads,
which have meant so much to trade de
velopment have put the farmer in closer
touch with the nearest big town, and
the development of the automobile has
helped. The result is many larmers
ride through the towns nearest their
farms to the larger towns fifteen, twen
ty and even fifty miles away and there
do their shopping.
The merchant not only must meet
this competition but he must meet even
a more serious competition from out
side. The automobiles, the fast express
train, the parcel post and the printed
catalogue are all lined up against the
"crossroads" merchant, and unless he
senses these facts and actually moves
to combats them his business is bound
to remain a ,handto month existence.
ti;3 supppss pip.arlv is in daneer unless
he adopts better methods in buying,
better displaying of goods, better sell
ing advertising, better salemanship and
improves his keeping of business rec-orvS.
MONCURE
The enrollment for the month ending
March 11 was 96; the average daily at
tendance 86. The intermediate grades
made the best attendance record, Mrs
Stedman's room leading with an aver
age 19 and an enrollment of 20.The 3rd,
4th and 5th grades came second with 21
enrolled, and a daily average of 19.
o The following pupils were present
every day the past month: First grade,
Lois Boone, Lucile Maynard,' Ray Mon-
-.i -. r-v 11 m T K
ey, rSaruara urreu, rmma ijee nitum,
Beatrice Wilkie. 2nd, J. L. Womble,
Alfred Womble, Allen - oney, Hazl
Hedrick, Camelia Stedman, Lois Ray.
3rd, Lucile Wicker, Pansy Speagle,Kate
Thomas, Julian Ray. 4th, Emma Hunt
Coy Sutton. 5th, Hazel Holt, Ida Money.
6th, Bernice Womble, " Grade Boone,
Margaret Dickens, Elizabeth Thomas.
7th, Glenn Womble, Blannie Churchill.
8th Katharine Hackney, Katharine
Thomas, Janie Dickens, Pauline Ray,
Hilda Wilkie, Irene Speagle, Jennings
Womble. 9th, Annie Xassiter, Annie
Utley.
Those on honor-roll in music were.
Bernice Womble, Janie Dickens, Barbara
Orrell, Nellie Dickens, Annie Lasiter,
The first of a series of pictures by
the State Community Service Depart
Summons by Publication
North Carolina, Chatham CountySu
perior Court, before James L. Grif
fin, c. s. c. , w
In re condemnation proceeding for Haw
River Township School District No.
2 to secure a site for a public school
house.
To Lucy Smith: . ,
Greeting: A peuuon navmg ui
filed in the office of the ClerK oi tne
Superior Court of Chatham uounty, in;
C , wherein it is set forth that a suit
able site for a school house for Haw
River Township, District JNo. z, cannot
be secured by purchaseor otherwise;
that you own land witnin sucn aistrict
whereon there is a suitable site:
Now, therefore, . these are to nouiy
you tne saia i-iucy omiwi, iuoi, ,
15th day of April, 1921, at the Court
House in Pittsboro, unatnam u-ounty,
N. C, the petitioner will move for an
order for the appointment of three ap
praisers to go upon said lana, lay on
three acres tnereoi Dy proper meiea
and bounds and assess the same, to the
end that it may be condemned for a
school house site.
This is to further advise and notify
you that you will appear and answer or ,
demur to said petition at such time, or
the relief prayed for in the petition
will be granted.
Witness my hand and seal this the
12th day of March, 1921.
JAS. L. GRIFFIN, .
Clerk of the Superior Court in and for
Chatham County, N. C.
Siler & Barber, Attorneys for Petitioner.
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