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PTTTSBORO, CHATHAM COi, THURSDAY, MARCH 31; 1921;
VOL. XLIII N0.3&
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Seabord Case Judge Continues Signing Judg- .
ment to the May Term
The March term of Superior (
which was m session here t
! Lt week, adjourned Saturday
f The last case tried was that of j
? E Walden, administrator of
van Thomas, deceased, vs Sea
card Air Line Railway Company
md John Barton Payne, Direc-
General of the Federal Rail
oad Administration. This was
m action for damages for the
Heath of Ivan Thomas, which it
Vas alleged was caused by the
egligence of the railroad com-
for $60,000, and the jury return
ed a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff and against the defendants
for $20,000. Judge Lyon, How-
fever, did not sign the judgment
in this case, but continued tne
matter of whether he should sign
it or not until the May term ot
The evidence showed that
Thomas met his death- on the
morning of December 15th, 1919,
as the result of a collision be-
,1 L 1 1 T
tween trie auiomoune ne was
driving and the Pittsboro tram
on the crossing of the Capital
Highway over the Pittsboro
branch of the Seaboard . railroad
track at Moncure. John Brady,
one of the witnesses for the plain
tiff, testified that he saw Thomas
before he drove on the crossing;
that he, Thomas, was looking
straight ahead and that he did
not look to see if a train was
coming; that he drove on tbe
crossing and that the front wheels
of his car just got over the first
rail when the automobile stop
ped;Jthat Thomas was working
with the spark or gasoline levers
on his steering wheel; and that
about that time the Pittsboro
tram, going from Pittsboro to
iloncure, struck the car. The
train dragged the car something
like 30 feet below the crossing,
when it stopped. Thomas was
found lying on the ground be
tween the crossing and the auto
mobile. The young man was so
badly injured by the wheels of
the automobile dragging him
along as it was beincr carried
down the track by the train that
be died in a very short time. The
evidence showed that the cross
in? was in a bad condition; but
ftat Thomas passed over it three
or four times a day; there was
also evidence to show that the
eels of the automobile did not
jgch the bad place in the cross
"Before it stopped. All the
dence pointed out that the
view of the railroad ' track was
Obstructed for a considerable
Jance. The witnesses also tes
ly that the engine of the train
J8 running backwards at the
tuneofthear.W
kafJ-F- Alston, engineer of
stated that he saw
jjwnas coming along the road
jard the crossing some time be
, re hegotthere; that he thought
as going to stop; that when
saw Thomas was going to
cross in front of the train,
and r n the emersency brakes
CedrindhiS engipe' anden"
bfon. 6Very way Possible
fte, -?etrain in tim-to avoid
abietn , ut -uttnat he was un-
C V- There was evi-
as ki Show that th whistle
U1wn for the crossing at
HJ? UIar Place and that the
C furung at th time of and
ore collision
Latham superior court ends
djourned Saturday Jury Returns Verdict of $20,000 in
The trial of this case was com
menced Thursday afternoon; it
was submitted to the jury Satur
day morning and they returned
their verdict about 12:30. The
jury found that the death of
Thomas was caused by the neg
ligence of the railroad company,
that he did not in any way con
tribute to his own injury and
death, and that his administra
tor should recover ,$20, 000 from
the defendants as damages.
Another personal injury case
was that of Oates vs Glover. The
evidence in this case showed that
Glover, a negro, hit Oates over
the head with a stick of wood on
account of a dispute that arose
between them concerning some
wood. "The defendant claimed
that he acted in self defense.
The jury awarded Oates $750 as
damages.
L. C. Ellington vs. Fred A.
Bidders was an action to recover
damages for the wrongful sale of
an engine, which belonged to the
plaintiff, by the defendant. The
jury returned a verdict of $25.00
in favor of the plaintiff.
Richard Brewer vs. Thomas
Moore was an action to establish
a parol trust in regard to a tract
of land. The plaintiff alleged that
this land was purchased by the
defendant with the understand
ing -that it was being bought for
him, Brewer, and was to be con
veyed to him when he was able
to pay for it. The def endant deni
ed this and alleged that he bought
the land, for himself. The jury
returned a verdict in favor of tht
defendant.
An order was made in the case
of W. G. Fields vs Howard White
making additiontl persons parties
defendant. This case was set
peremptorily for trial on Thurs
day of the May term. .
Other cases were disposed of
as follows;
M L. Harris vs. John B. Clark
judgment for the plaintiff.
Jane Peoples vs. Sarah Harris,
continued.
L. N. Womble vs. C. B. Phil
lips, continued.
C. R, McHaney et al vs. John
Mitchell et al, continued.
Children's Service
The Little Helpers of the Junior
Auxiliary will have children's
services next Tuesday at 7:30 p.
ni. at St. Bartholemew's Episco
pal Church. Among the exercises
there will be -a play,. "The Gift
of Self," an allegory. All are
invited, especially the , school.
Part of the offering will go to
ward thelschool to be built in Li
beria in memory of Mrs. W. A.
Hoke.
Town Meeting
There will be a meeting of the
citizens of Pittsboro at the Audi
torium Fridav nierht. April 1st,
nf tea the debate, for the purpose
of nominatinsr'candidates for May-
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or and Commissioners of the Town
of Pittsboro in the coming election.
All citizens are urged to attend
this meeting. B. NOOH,,
Mayor.
An unusual thing occured here
last week. All of the regular
crew of the Pittsboro Railroad
were off from train duty attend
ing court as witnesses.
WASTING GOOD LIQUOR
Sheriff Blair and Deputy
v Nooe Get a Prize Still
Sunday morning while the citi
zens of Pittsboro were quietly
worshipping in the Methodist
Church here at the 7 o'clock ser
vices. Sheriff Walker Blair and
Deputy Sheriff Fred Nooe were
busy breaking up a whiskey still
in the Gorgas woods about where
Rocky River empties into Deep
River. Everything to make a
complete still was captured.
Among the articles brought back
to town was a 65-gallon copper
still, two caps, two worms and
even a funnel for pouring liquor.
Ten gallons of whiskey, the kind
of liquor "that used to make
father sick, ' ' were k found. Th e
whiskey and measuring pots were
found under a brush heap and
the whiskey poured outr Ah old
darkey standing near, watching
the pouring process, asked the
Sheriff: "Fore God, boss, let me
have one mo' drink of ! dat lick
er." He was not arrested.
A BEAUTIFUL
EASTER SUNDAY
Easter Sunday was one of the
prettiest Easter days that we
have had in years. The warm,
sunshiny Sprjng day, made ev
erything and everybody feel
glad. Pretty flowers in town
and country, the women bedeck
ed in their airy spring suits
(they've almost quit wearing
hats. And right here we would
like to ask a question. Why is it
that women wear low-neck dress
es,, cut off at bottom and . tonvith
sleeves off above the elbows, hats
off, and in summer wear heavy
furs over their shoulders?), men
in their new suits, and little chil
dren happy in the pretty dresses
they wore.
The day passed off' very quiet.
Easter services were held in the
churches morning, afternoon and
night. At the Baptist Church
there was preaching at 11 a. m.
and at the Episcopal Church ati
7:30 p. m. Early- morning ser
vices were held at the Methodist
Church at 7 o'clock and at 3
o'clock especially for men, and
also at 7 :45 at night. Arid so the
day passed.
Monday was another pretty
day and a holiday and crowds of
young and old people took ad
vantage of the bright, warm
sunshine and hied themselves off
to the woods and rivers to enjoy
the day in picnicing. Some went
to Buckhorn where they enjoyed
the day in eating and boat rid
ing. Others went up on Rocky
River, some went to Raleigh to
see the races while others stayed
at home.
Thus ended the Easter holiday.
Clean-Up Week
', This is clean-up week in Pitts
boro.' Have you moved all of
those old tin cans, scraps of pa
per and all the trash, which has
accumulated there during the
winter months, from your back
yard? Or did you only clean-up
your iront yara ana leave tne
rest alone? Some people keep
the front of the house clean, but
the kitchen never gets attention.
. And while our citizens are
cleaning up their premises, why
not use a little whitewash cn the
fences and trees? It would make
everything look so clean and
nice. And when all this is done,
let's keep it clean and save doc
tor's bills the coming summer.
SEVENTY YEARS OLD,
. NEVER WORE GLASSES
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Mr. Tom M. Boiling, wholives
at Moncure, is quite a remark
able man. He was in Tbe Rec
ord office Tuesday and spent a
while chatting. Mr. Boiling, who
is past 70 years of age, although
he looks younger, told The
Record that he never owned a
pair of glasses nor wore a pair,
and could read print as good as
he could 40 years ago, and proved
it by picking up a paper and read
ing some of it.
Mr. Boiling said that he voted
at the first fall election after he
was 21 years of age, ,and has
never missed voting at a general
election, and always voted the
straight Democratic ticket.
He further stated that he and
ascertain doctor, who lives near
Moncure, are the only two of the
original Ku Klux of this County
now living in his section.
COUNTRY THAT
RIVALS CHINA
The following letter written by
Commander J. J. London from
Alexandria, Egypt, will be of in
terest to our, readers:
"To think I am at last in Egypt.
Though my cruises have taken
me practically over the whole
world, I have never before been
to this, country, and hence I've
felt that I have missed the most
interesting country of all, from the
tourist point of view. The only
country chat rivals Egypt in an
tiquities is China but it has little
preserved for the- sight-seer
to see except its Great Wall. On
the other, hand, Egypt is filled
with interesting works of art,1
and thousands of monuments still
stand to attest the power and
glory of " the ancient Egyptain
Kings. Though Moses led the
children of Israel from Egypt
some 1300 years before Christ,
yet Egypt was then an old em
pire, authentic records having
been preserved dating 3400 years
B. C.
"I have been reading up on the
history of ancient Egypt and
have been posting myself concern
ing the wonders I am to s'ee. We
arrived here - February 25 from
Constantinople and I am leaving
today (February 28) for a thiee
days trip to Cairo, the ancient
capital of Egypt.- It is a 4-hour
train journey, from Alexandria.
One hundred and fifty of my sail
ors went there on a two-story ex
cusion the 26th and the same num
ber leaves tomorrow. We will
all, of course, ride camels, visit
the Pyramids, have our pictures
taken beside .the great Sphinx,
etc., and to think that Heroditus,
the Greek historian, did all of
this, except the picture part, 460
B. C. and wrote at length about
it. The Pyramids were then
some 2000 years old. His des
cription is so minute that he gives
the number of radishes, onion and
roots of garlic which the army of
100,000 men consumed during the
20 years occupied in building the
Great Pyramid. His .statement
is based, however, on what a guide
told him, which was probably an
invention of the guide. However,
more of the Pyramids when I get
to them. -"Alexandria
itself is a very
ancient city, having been founded
by Alexander the Great in 332 B.
C. Few interesting structures
remain, however, for the inter
est of sight-seers. The famous
Alexandrian library was burned
in Caesar's time."
Watch your label.
MOVING PICTURE
ENTERTAINMENT
Chatham County is keeping up
with the procession in jnost every
thing these days, especialy educa
ton. The Public school Extension
Service of this Qounty will pre
sent an educational moving pic
ture program at the auditorium
here next Thursday night, April
7, together with an entertaining
program.
Now get busy, you people, and
help make this work a success.
Your presence is needed. The
admission is only 10 cents. '
This picture program is under
the direction of Miss Lucy H.
Lawley, Director of Public School
Extension, and she is 1 going to
give you a flrstlclass entertain
ment. . - .
Miss Lawley will also exhibit
tliese pictures at Ore Hill, Mon
day, April '4, Bonlee, Tuesday,
April 5, Goldon, Wednesday,
April 6, Silk Hope, Friday, April 8.
Pebate Friday Night
The Pittsboro High School will
debate the Siler City High School
here Friday night, April 1st, at
the School Auditorium. At the
same time Pittsboro and Siler City
will debate at Siler City.
The query for discussion is ' 'Re
solved, that the policy of collec
tive bargaining through trade
unions should prevail in Ameri
can industry."
The Pittsboro team will uphold
the affirmative side of this query
here arid the negative at Siler
City. The debaters here will be
Archie Ray and William Hunt,
representing Pittsboro, and Frank
Paschal and Milton Small, repre
senting Siler City. The speakers
rapresenting Pittsboro at Siler
City will be Graham Connell and
Thorn as Morgan.
This debate is a part of the State
wide high school triangular debate
in which 225 high schools will par
ticipate. If Pittsboro, or Siler
City, wins both sides of this
query the debaters from that
place will go to Chapel Hill to
contest for the State champion
ship and the Ay cock Memorial
! Cup.
Marriage Licenses
There have been five marriage
licenses issued in this County to
couples since the new marriage
law went into effect, two of them
being white and three colored.
License was issued Monday to
Frank M. Farrell, son pf Walter
Farrell, of the Hanks' Chapel
community, who was united in
marriage to Miss RubyTeague,
daughter of J. F. Teague, of the
same neighborhood, at the home
of the bride, Re v. Mr. Card en
officiating. - -
License was also issued to Wm.
O, Carter and Miss Ethel Cheek,
both of Siler City.
In this connection the Register
of Deeds wishes the doctors of
the County to ; apply to him for
certificates as some of them sent
in are filled out wrong.
Miss Lawley in Chatham
Miss Lucy Lawley, community
service director in this county, is
inaugurating the work in Chat
ham county, being for the pres
ent at Pittsboro. In Miss Law-
lew's absence, Mr. Isaac Powell,
Who operates the motion picture
machine, has charge of the pro
grame in Johnston county. Miss
Lawley spent the week-end here.
Smithfield Herald.
Charlotte will vote on $2,000,
000 bond issue for road bonds.
School Exhibition at Pleasant
Grove a Grand Success;
The school exhibition at Pleas
ant Grove, Wo miles from Ben--
nett. Satnrflnv va5 n crranA oiin.
7 ? ' ' U glUUU IO -
cess. The attendance was esti
mated 1,500 to 2,000. Many -Record
reade-s were seen there,
among them Eli B. Brewer and"
James Gilliland. Pleasant Grove -is
the home of Rev. George Un
derwood, formerly cf. or near
Pittsboro. Of all this section -2ev.
Underwood has the banner
County home. Thirty level, fer
tile acres, well divided in cleared '
and wood, fine young bearing -orchard,
and all needed outbuild
ings. Rev. Mr. Underwood is :
68 pr more, and has spent his
life in Moore, Chatham, Lee and"
Randolph Counties, earnestly and
faithfully preaching the Gospel,'
and now preaches at the Grove
and at Bennett, desides two other -charges.
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It is ' befitting his. age' and "
grand calling that he now dwells1
where he "can see the flowers
and spreading trees, and hear -
the wild birds singing."
The Female Single Blessedness 1
Society, of Bennett, will give sl.
play at the school house Satur
day night, April 2nd, f or the ben
efit of the school.
Mr. Bennie H. Presnell ran his-
Studebaker into Deputy Lon Ow
en's Ford on Main street in Ben-f
nett Saturday last badly wreck
ing both cars, but seriously in
juring no one.
There are three women candi
dates out for Town Commission
ers at thejsoming r rjmary Mrs
Flora Ward, Mrs.; ' Erne Yow. and?
Mrs. A. B. Denson. :
The candidates for Marshal
are: Lon Owen and Wm. Mof
fitt. For Mayor : W. C. Brewer
and W. S. Gardner. Party lines
re not drawn and nomination
at the primary is equivalent to
an election. D-
JENKINS SLATED
FOR COLLECTOR
The Republican State Execu
tive Committee, in session at:
Greensboro last week, in maKing:
their slate for political appoin
ments by President Harding i1
this State, named J. J. Jenkins,
of Siler City, for appointment asr
Collector of internal revenue for
te Eastern district. His appoint-
ment is conditioned upon North:.
Carolina being divided into two
districts. If the State remains asr;
one district, then John Motley
Morehead is to decide whether
Jenkins or Gilliam Grissom, who
is slated for appointment as col
lector of the Western district,,
will be recommended to Presi
dent Harding for this office.
Evans Personals
Misses Beatrice Straughan and"
Murhl Cabe and Mr. Frank Wall,
of Raleigh, spent the Easter hol
idays with Mr. and Mrs. I. H.
Straughan. f
Miss Myrner Straughan, of"
Raleigh, is spending sometime
with her parents.
The number of bales of ..cotton
ginned in Chatham during the
year of 1919 and 1920 are as fol
lows: For the year 1919 7,077
bales ginned and for 1920 7,698,
bales. Lee County 1919, 7,037r.
1920, 7,516. Moore, 1919, 3,472;
1920, 4,164, . .
We are glad to state that Mrs.
Claude Knight, who has been ill
for the past two weeks, is now
well on the read to recovery.
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