JSHED SE:PT. IS, 5B78.
FrTTSeORC
VOD. tXLIIl NO.37
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IN TRE
TVep&ty Sheriffs reakin Up Tiear ggsfcee 'Thursday morn
c.:ii. in WSllimbs T 7ffc, at 'ike age -of
r$'herifrs3L R.-TEaterJ,e-'eOTeteiT'-TLyfcra' ChuTdh
Vaser and iR.H:Mlils are iFrida afternoon, pril 8th.
ikinff tihe props iromunaerpmev...--G. orrett eonducfced
Mir;ni9W!3 towTRsniu. ivuuiiy:i
1T1 V 11 . ;j
' y brought in ?t&ree Stills andjealbhiror a israriberxff years send
tfprisnfr, WiM&Hen, colored. jnieath-was not unexpected. He
Xwsti&i were -captured last jWasalfcighly .-espedted citizen,
t -fipar eaiSh other.
w iic
found one cu-iieAt'ttay ttr!i?toi-iriencB
fhe-" onevras fcaxnd andnanotherj The 'ileceaseS 'is survived toy'
vasfounjdiic thir&day, d21 three iiSve 'brothers, Thomas Benneti,
nthe sanse netiiiborhoQii, and Burling ton, sand J.1A J. d,
'Ipt-ieiB. B. Bs Bold, Busy LL H. nd Rrifeeirt 'Bennett, s
knowing ttl3E.t the
uivi.
hal their mose rHigh in
the afr for stills, krept rif;ht on !
makhig:joy juice. 3n capturing
thesf-Hstthree men weresKlenti-ged-one
:hite man nti two
colored.
Depratytoater told The Rec
ord the wooiis in some i parts of
Williams Etosvnship ti?.as ;fil of
stills or places where tthey had
been; &at.m a 2 1-2 jnile gpace
.surrourtiing or near Mermtt's
ichapel OhuKfh he coustted wiere
$ stills had&een in eperatictn in
ithe past iwor three assoaths.
JTwo of Uieitills breu-ghtlhtre
were of gdlon caeeity said
the .third $$Hfallon gesiileniaa.
Everything iusgd inmdkangilif
:Uor as brfm&t to town or.xle
Atrod. There was one cap imisB
ing.os. one of tibs stills.
"fOfae mills of the gods grind 8
slow, $ut sure, "ar words to tt&at
Siitnto afternoiai Sheriff G.-W
BMr and Deputy F. . P. ; Nooe
breaght a still .and fixtures
captared wer inv. Hiekory Moulin
tain tonslsip, a fevr miles west
of town. They also had two
prisoners, a white - man, Aleck
Rogers, and a negro, Holly Mc
Swain. At the trial Rogers gave
bail and MeSwain failed to : give
the bond and went to jail. He
gave bail later,
The still was not in operation
when the officer approached the
place, but everything would soon
have been "doing about." The
still proper was found several
yards from where the furnace
, was. About 200 gallons of beer was
destroyed.
H. M. Kinsey Writes
We are glad to note the re
ceipt of the following letter from
H. M. Kinsey, former Farm De
monstration Agent for this Coun
ty: "Please send my Record to
Walterboro, S. C. Although I
have located back here in my
home County as County Agent,
still maintain an imperishable
"terest in the grand old town of
nttsboro and Chatham County.
There is nothing that gives me
more genuine pleasure than to
read The Record and learn some
fting of the doings of the people
whose name suggests and recalls
Pleasant memories of the months
1 sPent up there." V r
Spring Meeting
The 10th District of the N. C.I
Division nf fV. tt rv n :n ua
w. n, . J. W 111 11JIVA
lts Spring meeting in Smithfield
n the 20th of this month: Mrs.
tienry M. London is Chairman
of this District; . and the towns
Which will send delegates . to it
Tre . Sleigh, Selma, Clayton,
ouisburg, Lillington,Wake For-
Pittsboro, Cary and Smith
ed. The North Carolina Divis
of the Ut D. C. is divided
nt16 Districts, all of which
Spring Conventions'.
Ts1ti of M. Behhtt '
AlM. "Benrafcdip.djr. his
;hb?nitfl6. years.
S His 'ipemahis were ;tnterred in
mr. L&enneiDC tiaa uwan in baa
riiiiiu iie uemise is mourn p. n nv a
31iggMe.
:His tftrst coumn, 3. &. Riggs-
&ee, liied at West Durham om
Wedneay of st week. Mr.
B???tt?,ras -'year ttihe older
asidl lived' one dayrtheslonger.
Bennett items- '
Bennett is not agly getrfSng bet
tee ?roadssnd moie of tthem, but
oisr .trjeet improvcaaents surpass
anroiher town la tthetCbunty.
Tnewel'-onur newly iade greets
of our isguares tthe chool
building, lis now a j&y tto all. At
the last CQDtmissionf,s', meeting
appropriation was rmde to gsade
and aravel iLibertv cfcret ifVom
Chatbara sttaeet, past ie iroKer
mill oic to the nublie admir r-
en squies.
Dollar f&r 4ollar is oar plan,
and our siafoseriptions always ex
ceeds the town appropriations,
and'weuseit.
Three independent telephone
companies are now connected
with our post oMie. We have
coqc rural mail route, one star
rojjie ancD hope to' .have y one or
two more routes in , the near fu
ture. The play by the Bennett Sin
gle Blessedness Troupe at the
1 School -Auditorium was the most
comieai-fentertainment of several
seasons. Such pastime come
dies as "What Happened to
Jones" and "Why Smith Left
Home," are far surpassed by the
Bennett players. The play was
called to Coleridge, Randolph
County, where it raised the risi
bles of the oldest grouch in the
house. It's your call next.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Denson, of
Duncan, visited a few days with
Dr. and Mrs. Denson.
Born, to Mr. and John C.Kidd,
a daughter.
A. H. Yow, known as Buck
Yow, residing near Bennett all
his life, died at the Sanford Hos-
pi tal Saturday from blood poison,
Mr. Yow is said to have struck a
splinter in his thumb and then
handled fertilizer.
CHATHAM C(K SCHOOLS
P1TTSBORO
The fourth and fifth grades are
waging war on. the fly. During
the past month, led by C. C.
Hamlet, in the fourth, and Ca
milla Powell, in the fifth, nearly
3,000 flies have been killed.
The only requirement made by
the teacher was that a fly must
be burned after killing it, in or
der to be counted on the list.
Gulf Has a Bank
The Siler City Loan and Trust
Company has opened a branch
bank at Gulf, one of Chatham's
enterprising little towns. The
formal opening was celebrated
with a i old-fashioned barbecue.
y . 'in
MisslTillian Ray has accepted
a position with the State Depart
ment of Education at Raleigh.' .
.-"W. Ci&ud Larson Dead
W. Gfead Pearson, a native -oCj
fOiathami County and a. prorrii-
merit ct&zen, filed at Ts home
near Gariboro mi the night of j sessrea here Monday and Tues
&pril lsi;and waas buried at Lys-1 day. , ; - ( " ' i V.
rtca Cmrsch Sunday afternoon t
rfellowing. : 1
"Mr. Person as a candidate
en tne KepuDiiean ticKet ionized road rtmrang tnrougn wil-
Sheriff ; CEmdidate for Congress
in the Fourth District ha 1908:
iSttpervisor of Census in 1S1Q.
'Ikie years ago Mr. Pearson
moved to'Carrbor where "he en
gaged in ie mercantile business
urttil three years ?sigo, wbn he
nwed tbls farm.
lEchoes iFrom Bynum
iCfeferred front Jast week.
!K6rs. J. T. Biggbee and clai-
dren and Mrs. W.. B. Atwater
; and children laave been visitinir
Lheir oth fe W. Clark,
.near Sanford.
- Mr. and Mrs. Will Andrews,
of West Durham, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Andrews motfeer, Mrs!
E. J. jHekrne.
Mr. amd Mrs. Ira Farrell, of
W.est JOarham,were here Sunday.
Misaes Lambeth and brother,
R. B.. iLasnbeth, spent Sunday in
Sacford with relatives.
A large crowd from here at
tended the funeral - services of
W; C- Pearson, who died at his
home April 1 near Carrboro. He
was rd at Lystra Church on
Sunday.
On April 2nd the Bynum ball
team played Gum Springs here.
The had a very interesting game,
the score standing 2 to 4 in favor
of Bynum.
On Saturday night, the 2nd,
"Uncle Josh," of Mebane, gave
an entertainment in the School
Audi&rium, iwhich was .enjoyed
by all present.
Miss Myrtle Poe, of Pittsboro,
spent the week-end with Miss
Pearl (Jerry) Johnson.
' Mrs. Hiram Tilmanand family
of Burlington, 1 have been on a
visit to her father, J. E. Sturdi
vant. Mr. and Mrs. R.. A. Hearne
spent Sunday near Goldston vis
iting relatives.
Bynum, April 13. Mrs. J. B.
Atwater and children have re
turned from a visit to her sister
and other relatives in Gastonia.
Miss Delia Arnold, Principal
of the Bynum chool, has return
ed to her home at Hamptonville.
We hope to have her with us
next year.
Misses Julia and Effie Lambeth
spent Saturday in Raleigh shop-
ping
f J. C. Abernathy and little son,
John, and Mrs. Crutchfield spent
Sunday in Carrboro. ,
Mrs. R. S. Abernathy is spend
ing some time in Pittsboro visit
ing Mrs. W. H. Oyeracre.
The Bynum ball team played
the Gulf team here Saturday.
The score stood 5 to 3 in favor
of Bynum. Hurrah for Bynum.
On Saturday night, April i6,
at 3 p. t m. , "Uncle Josh" ' will
give an entertainment at Bynum
School House.
, Miss Eugenia Brantley and sis
ter, of Aberdeen, spent the week
end with Miss NeH Stardivant.
Mrs. S. P. Dowd and children
are visiting her father, Mr. Arch
ie Oldham, near Goldston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Riggsbee
and children have returned from
a visit to her parents near San
ford. Mrs. Hiram Tilman and family
have returned to their home at
Hopedale.
Mrs. A. C. Ray attended the
Presbyterial of the Fayetteville
Presbytery atCarthage last week.-!
TOniTCGMlflSSilM MEET
The Cotti&y Commissioners,
sitting as the Chatr. am County
Hiay - t3imssK)h. were4 la
The contract for the construc-
tion of a bridge over New Hope
Creek on the recently author-
liams township, was let to the
Atlantis Bridge Company.
L. Edwards, engineer, was
instructed :C to" survey the route
for a road trotn Mt. Vernon
Springs to Brush Creek Church
and the Randolph County line.:
Citizens from several parts of
the County" presented petitions
tto the Commission - for the con
s true tion of roads. ' No decision
was made on any - of these peti
tions, but the Commissioners are
going around and examine the
routes of the different roads re
quested in an endeavor to ac
quaint themselves with the facts
in order to determine just what
the. best interests of the County
demand that they should do.
The Speed Limit
The attention of all people is
called to the fact that the speed
limit for all automobiles, trucks
and other vehicles- run in the
corporate limits of Pittsboro is
10 miles ah hour. Also the Town
ordinances and the State laws
prohibit the running of cars in
the Town . with cut-outs open.
Chief of: Police Nooe has posted
notices in the Town of the speed
limit and notifying all persons to
close ; tneir cut-outs tie says
that these laws will -be vigorous
ly enforced. r - " ' -
Sanford Hotel Burns
The5 May wood Inn, the leading
hotel of Sanford, was destroyed
by fire Wednesday morning of
last week Practically every room
was filled with guests but all es
caped without injury. ;
The cook, who was sleeping in
aback room near the kitchen,
where the fire originated, was
the first to discover the fire about
3 a.m. She narrowly escaped
through a window, losing every
thing she had. But she did not
fail to wake up the town. Very
little furniture or wearing appa
rel were saved.
The New Pastor
. Rev. Jonas Barclay has accept
ed a' call to the Presbyterian
Church here as its pastor. He
preached his initial sermons last
Sunday morning and night to
large congregations. Mr. Bar
clay came here from Eastman,
Ga. His wife and family
joined him here the first of
this week, and they are now
making their home at the Pres
byterian manse. Pittsboro wel
comes Mr. and Mrs. Barclay to
this community. We are glad to
have them with us and we hope
their stay may be a long one. .
Dr. L. H. Merritt Dead
A letter received here yester
day by Mrs.; Laura Horne from
Mrf . Ed Merritt, of Mt Airy,
states that Dr. Leonidas J. Mer -ritt,
son of the late Haywood
Merritt, formerly of this place,
died of pneumonia at his home at
Forest City, Ark., April 8th. He
was about 51 or 52 years of age.
Dr. Merritt is fondly remem
bered by numbers of our citizens,
as he lived here for several years,
and it is with regret that they
hear of his death. .
:
, Mr. H, L. Coble, of Pleasant
Garden,1 has been shaking hands
with his many friends here this
week.
PLEADING FOR THE DYING
Dear Readers: w
God directs me to write thisi
article I truly feel,- pleading for
the million suffering in awful ag
ony and starving in China. They
are pitifully, holding out helpless
hands to everyone of us who can,
give and' help as, they cry and
beg for only a little food to keep
them alive' until1 they have a
chance to make something there.
Many have given ' everywhere,
and God bless every single one;
we praise Him for every gifiy
both small and great. Have you
given, though, dear reader? And
if you have given some, do you
feel it is all God would have you
at a time like this? Do you feel
iree to iace tnese people, now
suffering untold agonies and
pleading with you around the
great white throne of " God and
tell them and God himself that
you did your best to .save them.
I know many of you have been
giving, though, and it is such a
wonderful help. And, o'v think
of the untold joy it brings to
these poor sufferers who cannot
possibly- help themselves much
for some months.
One girl, who was brought in
by one of the missionaries, said:
"I have been trying to live for
several days on grasshoppers and
my whole being was nauseated. "
And when she was given a little
food, she exclaimed, with tears
filling her eyes and untold thank
fulness, "this seems like Heaven
to me."
"Oh, people, think of these
millions pleading in awful ago
ny, and we, yes, nearly every
single one of us, can do such won
derful work and bring untold j)y
to some -oi 'theie with lives as
precious to them as ours is to ust.
"Dear5 friendsi 'prajKthat God
may help us not to let one die
that we can and should save now.
Our money now will save lives it
can never; call back from the
grave, if we let them die. Right
now precious lives depend upon
me and upon you. I give all I
can and have been forking for
some months to help raise funds
in different ways, I am happy
that I can give and work to save
people in such an awful condi
tion. If we fail to our duty and
let some of these people die so
earnestly and pitifully pleading,
how will it be when we meet
them on the other shore.
People, this is a serious ques
tion. May we look at this as
well as most other things in the
light of eternity? "Only that
which is eternal lasts." These
words are so true. How very
important it is to use what God
gives us he would have us and
especially for the suffering and
dying. .
Read what Jesus himself says
about these things in Matthew,
25 chap., verse 31-46 inclusive.
He tells us what will' take place
in the judgment, when all na
tions are gathered before Him and
separated and placed on the right
hand and on the left. As you
see the multitudes , on the right
hand, hear the words of untold
joy and welcome to Heaven for
ever, because they had helped
the suffering and needy. Those
on the left hand .will here the
awful doom, "Depart, ye cursed
into everlasting fire prepared for
the devil and his angels," be
cause they were not ready and
they had failed to help the needy
and suffering. -
Dear reader, if you are an un
saved person, or not enjoying the
sweet fellowship of your precious
loving Saviour, I beg you to just
give your heart and life to Him.
Good Enough for Corn
Recently some men wer talk
ing about 822 jguano and one
of them remarked that it is good
enough for corii. ; This is m keep--ing
witi the idea that -the best'
land and the hest - of everything
should be devoted to cotton and '
tobacco and that corn may be
planted on the poor hillsides andr
get second class 'treatment other
wise. This idea as much as any
South vin , the background. I If the
South" should ever reach the point
it raises plenty, of home supplies
it would then e ' independent
even if money at times should be
scarce; Corn is entitled to justr
as good treatment as any ither
crops we grow. There is more
money in it than there; seems to
be. It should have good land on
which to grow, plenty of manure
arid the best of. cultivation '(
is a crop that responds, readily to
help and it should be given to it.
If an 833 guano is your stand
ard for most crops then it will
pay to go above rather than be
low it for corn. Why hot buy
au 83 -3 for corn. Plant food
felcnv lO U1C Ulllj. tllal.
counts and it costs far less in the
high grade guano. There is less
difference this year between high
grade and low grade guanos than,
heretofore and now is a good
time to buy the higher grades.
It always pays to use . a high
grade guano for corn. Smith
field Herald. ; : ''
xic win always leau yuu in uie
best way. If God says give up a
thing, give it iip; and it will mean
victory -to you, and God f will
greatly bless you.
: Bishoo Sambuth,whb has work
ed the famine sections says the
TT . ...Ill V 1 J
nave seen ine rxrageny iace to
face, he says. We can get the
food to the people and save them
if America , will give enough. Our
missionaries are doing their best
and begging for more help. Nine
million have already died and
now six million face immediate
starvation. America can save
them without any real sacrifice,
if Everybody does their part.
Three cents a day saves a pre
cious life. . How often we spend
this, and nickels and dimes we
could easily save and give the
dying, .' . , -j .
;' . I noticed an item a few weeks
past in The Record that a ship
ment of nine million eggs had
reached New York from China.
This item and the one that was
with it discourages giving. And
1 just feel led, in a kind. ' broth
erly way, to explain. As I thought
then, I will almost guarantee that
the profits of the American peo
ple who handled these eggs, were
more than China got for them.'
Probably some ports or people of
China are not doing their duty
as it is in every country. Th.e
people who sold : those eggs, ' tho,
I; believe, were compelled to have
some 'other necessities of life and
had , to get them this way, as
many of the people are poor, and
these eggs did not come from the
famine area, which is equal in
size to seven of 'our States, This
should not hold ..us back at' all
from doing our best. -1 know
our loving ' Heavenly Father
wants us to save everyone , of
these dying ones possible. It
will mean stars ' in our crowns,
and we will certainly be reward
ed. Four million children under
14 years of age are starving. ,
Please give all rou can at once
to any pastor, collector or mis
sion board. Pray for the work,
r - Yours in . Christ, ,
- '- A. H. ANDREW.
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