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UtABLlSHED SEPT.
fiSS MEETING TONIGHT
fleld Under Auspices oi Public
School Extension Service
0f Chatham County
nwpcmlar bi-weekly commun-
4-1 vi n VipM under the aus-
It) Ult . , r..UK CV,1 T?.vfn.
' pt? 01 tHC rUUIl kJViiuui
PIC n .....;nonf f.hatham Countv.
L conducted under the direc
L of Miss Lucy H. Lawley,
be held at the School Audi
torium here tonight at 7:45
. , i. tva pntertainment will
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consist of moving pictures aim
.:.n(r. The moving picture
program for this time is as fol
lows:
Doe Yak and 'Santa Claus.
The Promised Land (3 reels) .
rtumt 'Em-Comedy.
TVse community meetings
Trowel! attended for the last
schedule, the attendance at the
renters having been as
YiUlWVA
fallows:
Corinth 144, Merry Oaks 36,
Bennett 156, Bynum 113, Ore
Hill 151, Bonlee 200, GOldston
175, Pittsborp 226, Silk Hope 141,
Hickorv Mt. 71.
The price of admission is only
ton fPTit You will do well to
attend this meeting . tonight, and
also to take the whole family
with you. - :
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
An engagement of much inter
est in North Carolina was made
at an announcement party given
by Miss Hester Lilly at her home
in Fayetteville last Thursday
night, when the betrothal of
Miss Lucy London Anderson,
f daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Anderson, and Thomas My
ers Wooten, only son of Mrs. L.
C. Wooten, both of Fayetteville,
was announced. ' '
Miss Anderson is a debutante
of Fayetteville, having graduat
ed from St Mary's School at Ral
eigh last June. She is not only
pretty and charming, but pos
sesses a real attractiveness of
personality that has won friends
lor her everywhere sh i is known.
Her popularity extends to many
cities of the State.
Mr. Wooten is a young man of
fine character and enterprising
ability. He is employed with the
Wells firm of cotton factors in
Fayetteville. He finished his ed
ucation at the University of North
Carolina last June.
The marriage, which takes
place in June, will unite two of
the leading families of Fayette
ville. Miss Anderson, on her pa
ternal side, is a great grand
daughter of James C. Dobbin,
Secretary of the Navy under
Franklin Pierce, and on her ma
ternal side a grand-daughter of
the late Maj. H. A. London, of
Pittsboro. Mr. Wooten is of the
eastern Carolina Wootens and
Myers.
A Correction
In our issue of two weeks ago
stated that the County Com
missioners had reduced the valu
j1Qn of land in the County twenty-five
per cent for the purposes
Of 121 tsvofmn rru:
far as it went, but wouW
have Rfof i,wi.. t J e
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unty Commissioners in mak-
!ng he reduction. Our attention
been called to this mistake,
Jnd we are glad to make the cor
tion. Graham W
AVSOls Vllljf CLkJyJKA Sf
from fire in the last five
years.
19, 1878
MEETING OF WOMAN'S CLUB!
An 'Enjoyable Meeting Last
Year the Glub Raised
, the Sum of $317
A thoroughly enjoyable meet
ing of. the Pittsboro Woman's
Club, combining both business
and pleasure, was held at the
lovely country home of Mrs. J.
R. Milliken on Friday afternoon.
April 6th, with Mrs. J. S. Mill
iken as additional hostess.
This meeting-marked the close
of the club year and the election
of officers.
Miss Elizabeth Chapin read a
brief summary of the year's work
which was indeed gratifying.
The Club in all its departments
raised $317.36 last year, of which
$136.71 was made by the Civic
Department. -
For playground equipment for
the school $118 was spent. $50
was sent to Hon. H. A. Page for
the Near East Relief Fund and
$5 was sent to Mrs. E. M. Lamb
for the Sallie Southal Cotton
Loan Fund,
Under the direction of , the Lit
erary Chairman, Miss Nellie Pil
kington, the Club has just com
pleted a course in Citizenship,
based on1 the program arranged
by Dr. Carroll of the University.
This Department also visited
the County Home during the
summer months and carried mag
azines, books and scraps for
quilts for the inmates. . Through
the generosity of Mrs. J. W.
Hunt a victrola was carried on
each trip and, needless tojsay
this feature was thoroughly en
joyed. The Health and Civic Depart
ment are working together with
a view to having our little town
kept in amore sanitary condition
this summer than -ever -before.
The officers elected were:
President Mrs. W. P. Horton.
Vice President Mrs. Jas. L.
Griffin.
, Treasurer Mrs, R. M. Farrell.
Sec'y Miss Elizabeth Chapin.
Chairman of the Civic Department-Mrs.
W. Reid Thompson.
Chairman of the Health De
partmentMrs. G. W. Blair.
Chairman of the Music Department-Miss
Emily Thompson.
Chairman of the Literary Department-Miss
Nellie Pilking
ton. Chairman of Publicity Mrs.
Ernest A. Farrell.
Mrs. Ernest A. Farrell was se
lected as delegate to the State
Federation which meets in Wil
mington in June.
During the social hour delicious
cream and cake, candied grape
fruit and mints were served.
The May meeting will be held
with Mrs. W. P. Horton, with
Mrs. F. C. Mann as additional
hostess. .
A Fast Reader
Louis Silver, 12 years old, in
the seventh grade of the public
school of Raleigh, is believed to
be one of the fastest readers for
kia a in thft country. In a test
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given him by his teacher, Silver
624 words m
answered every question correct-
he read. It requires the boy only
about 30 or 40 minutes to read a
book oi from 250 to 300 pages.
Rev. Jonas Barclay, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church, and
Mr. A. C- Ray are attending the
Fayetteville Presbytery at Car
thage.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
Winnie Davis Chapter Meets'
and Appoints Committees
For May 10 Exercises
The election of delegates to the
District Convemion to be held on
May 27th in Smichfield, and the
appointment of committees and
announcement of program for
Memorial Day exercises on May
iOth, were the business features
of the meeting of the Winnie
Davis Chapter, U. D. C, which
was held last Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Jas. L. Grif
fin, with Mrs J. G. Griffin as ad
ditional hostess.
The -delegates elected to the
Smithfield Convention were: Mrs.
F. C. Mann and Mrs. James L.
Griffin.
Mrs. H. A. London, President
of the Chapter, read the names
of the Committees for the 10th
of May.
x Dinner Committee Mrs. G,W-
Blair, Chairman. Mesdames E.
A. Farrell, Roscoe Farrell, J. W.
Hunt, Lee Farrell.
Out-of-Town Committee Mes
dames J. R. Milliken, Fearring
ton, Alston, Aurelia Taylor and
Misses Lambeth, Clegg and Cor
die Harmon.
Decoration Committee Misses
Maggie Horne, Nellie Pilking-
toh, Carrie M. Jackson, Mary
Griffin, and Mesdames F. C.
Mann and E. R. Hinton.
Wreaths for Monumsnt Mes
dames M. T. WilUams, B. Nooe,
R. A. Glenn, Delia S. Fike, Jacob
Thompson.
Miss Carrie M. Jackson
Churchyards Methodist: Mes
dames John Johnson and Wm.
Eubanks. Baptist: Mesdames R.
P. Johnson, Jas. L. Griffin and
Jeter Griffin. Episcopal: Miss
Nellie Pilkington and Mrs. A. H.
London. Presbyterian: Mrs. J.
C. Lanius and Mrs. Bowman.
At the close of the business
session delicious cream and cake
were served.
The May meeting will be held
with Mrs. J. W. Hunt and Mrs.
R, A. Glenn as hostesses at the
home of the former.
Dinner for Old Soldiers
On the 10th of May the old
Confederate veterans of Chat
ham and widows of veterans, or
what remains of them, are to be
given a big dinner by the U. D.
C. and it is earnestly hoped that
every veteran in the County will
be present. In this connection,
Mr. W. A. Ellington "asks every
veteran who will attend to notify
him at once by postal, and also
state how many of the old sol
diers in their townships have
died since the last reunion.
Educational Rally
There will be an educational
rally at the Mount Pleasant
Church Sunday morning, April
24, at il o'clock, for the four
churches Mount Pleasant,
Cedar Grove, Bynum and Mann's
Chapel.
This rally is in the interest of
the Christian education move
ment. A speaker will be provid
ed for the occasion. Every mem
ber of these four churches is
asked and urged to be present.
The mother of Mrs. W. E. Al
ley, of West Durham, Mrs. Caves,
died in Louisa, Va., last Monday.
Mecklenburg County has voted
a bond issue of $2,000,000 for
building hard surfaced roads.
CO.. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921.
STATErS: S. CONVENTION
857 Registered DelegatesvAt-It
tended the Sessions of
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the Convention '
Registration at the State Sun-
day School Convention held in
Raleigh,: April 12 to 14, indicated
that 857 registered delegates at-
tended the, sessions of the Con-
vention besides hundreds of visit-
ors. According to the report of
the Convention received the del-
egates were from 43 Counties of
the State. The four Counties
having the largest ' number of
delegates besides Wake were
Guilford County with 44, Dur- misleading. Some, middling cot
ham 27 Alamance 25 and Vance ton may be selling at almost 11
with 23. l-2c, but. the real market is on
The addresses delivered at the cotton that is" bringing not more
Convention by several people of than 8c per pound. In compari
national reputation besides a son therewith, the quotation on
Urge number of in-state people middling should not be over 9c.
were said to be of a very high Either middling is too high or
order. The Convention was con- grades below middling are too
sideredj very inspiring and help- low in price, intrinsic differences
ful to all who attended. considered. Now, what is foe
The address by the President, use of attempting to pay debts
Mr. Gilbert T. Stephenson, of by operating a business continu-Winston-Salem,
on the subject, ously at a loss? If there is no
'"Keeping Our Balance in Educa- hope for a profit but a certainty
tion," was considered one of the of a' loss, any prudent business
greatest addresses of the Con- man would stop the loss by clos
vention, and resulted in the Con- ing up shop, if he could, until
vention appointing a Committee, there was some prospect of a
composed of Mr. J. M. Brough- profitable busiress. We know of
ton as Chairman, Mr. Herbert one man who owns a plantation.
Gunter and Mrs. Chas. Van Nop- That man has not got the nerle
pen, to confer with the President to go into the market and pay 8c
of the North Carolina Teachers' a pound for 1,000 bales of cot
Assembly with a view of his ton, and he .admits that he
gaming a ' Committee of public
school teachers $o constitute a
joinCommitteeo ;CQnidra
system of high school credits for
Bible study in Sunday Schools.
The reports submitted at the
Convention indicated that in the
nine months since Mr. D. W J
Sims has been employed as State
Superintendent seven additional
Counties have been organized
and there are now sixteen Couh-
ties with a County Sunday
School Association. The reports
also showed that the office of the
Association has been established
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in Raleigh, and a free circulat-
ing library is being opened .for
the Sunday School workers of
the State. The old debt of $4,
800 has been paid in full and
when the pledges on hand are
paid the Association will be free
from debt.
Resolutions were adopted by
the Convention concerning the
death of Mr, Geo. W. Watts, of
Durham, who for many years
was a member of the State Exec
utive Committee of the Associa
tion, and also . Judge Jeter C.
Pritchard, who Jvas one, time
President of the organization.
Resolutions were also passed
by the Convention thanking the
nress of the State for so gener
ously printing news about the
Sunday School cause.
The last session of the Conven
tion, Thursday night, was pre
ceded by a parade in which it is
stated about 1,000 Sunday School
men participated.
By unanimous vote the invi
tation of the Charlotte Sunday
School workers was accepted and
the 1922 State Convention' goes
to Charlotte, April 11 to 13.
The officers of the Association
were elected as follows: Gilbert
T. Stephenson, Winston-Salem;
President; Jos. G. Brown, Ral
eigh, Vice President; E. B.Crow,
Raleigh, Treasurer.
Mrs. Arthur H. London and
Miss Nellie Pilkington are at
tending the meeting of the Wo
mans' Auxiliary at Winston-Salem
this week.
REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE J
Will Cost More to Produce
Cotton This Year Than It
J Can Be Sold For
Unless the price of cotton ad
vances it will cost more to pro-
duce cotton this year than it can
be sold for. Middling cotton is
quoted at 11 l-2c, but most of
the cotton selling today is going
at prices around 5c to 8c a pound.
Cotton being boifght at 5c to 8c
is not the lowest grades, but is
good cotton, representine: excel
lent spinning qualities.
The price of middling cotton is
does not expect to produce that
cotton for less than 13 l-2c a
poundt: Wouhin't it be a whole
lot ietter r thatman to let his
farm he out and buy 1,000 bales
of cotton at 8c per pound, select
the exact kinds of cotton that he
wants, the kinds that he thinks
will be most salable next fall, and
store them away until fall and
call it his planting for 1921? If
he plints for 1,000 bales, he does
not know how many bales he will
produce, he doe not know what
the boll weevil will do to it, nor
storms, nor what will happen be
cause, of the many vicissitudes to
which, the crop is susceptible, and
last, but not least, he does not
know what grade of cotton he
will produce. He only knows
that his cotton is costing him not
less than 13 l-2c and that he could
have bought cotton of his own
selection, approximately the av
erage in grade of any crop he
may hope to produce, at 8c a
pound.
There is another thing aboutjt
when you buy cotton already in
existence, and put it away in the
manner spoken of in the forego
going; every transaction of that
kind will contribute to advancing
the price of cotton. On the oth
er, hand, uncertainty; It is not
a case of Scylla and Charybdis.
On one hand there is safety, on
the other, certain destruction,
and we are in position to choose
absolutely, and guide our own
course. Yet we choose deliber
ately the course that leads to dis
aster. What is the answer? Some
may say it is necessary to plant
cotton to hold their farming or
ganization together. Others that
they can borrow money to make
a new crop, but cannot borrow
money to hold the fcld one, nor
borrow to buy cotton. If a bank
er, or any other source of credit,
is able to ioan money to make a
new crop, he is able to loan mon
ey to hold cotton and he is able
to loan money to those who wish
to buy cotton. He is risking very
much less to loan money on cot
ton at 6c a pound than he is on
VOL. XLTI1 NO. 38
PITTSBORO HIGH SCHOOL
Commencement Exorcists to
Take Place April 29
" and May 1-2
The commencement exercises"
of the Pittsboro High School will'
begin on April 29 at 8 p. m. with .
the recital of rs music class. On-.
Sunday night, May 1st, Rev. H.
E.,Spe"ce, Professor of Biblical 1
Literature at Trinity College, will
preach the annual sermon to the--graduating
class. ,
Monday- morning, May 2nd, at:
10 o'clock, the class day exer
cises of the graduating class will
be given. At 11 o'clock the an-
nual literary address will be de
livered by Prof. W. J. Matherly,
of the School of Commerce at the-
University. Monday night the
annual high school play will ber
given. The name of the play is.
'The , Average Man. " An ad
mission of 15 and 25c will be
charged'for the play. All other
exercises are free.
All programs will be rendered
in the High School Auditorium
The public is cordially invited to
attend, all exercises. v .!-- .
Killed by Lightning
A colored boy, aged about 10
years old, son of Eli Goldston,
was killed by lightning on, his;
way home from school in Hick
ory Mt. township last Friday afternoon-
Two other colored chil
dren were knocked down at the
same time and place and several
others shocked.
Mr. Fred W. Bynum, of Rock-
1 inghamvv was a ; Pittsboro .visitor
yesterday. . .
cotton at 13 l-2c. Besides, at 8c
he is loaning for a purpose that
will contribute to an advanee in
the market while at 13 1-2S he
is loanirg to contribute to certain
depression. Now and then the
farmer has been accused of poor
business judgment. But if it be
a fact that the farmer can bor
row money to make a new crop
at 13c, but is unable to borrow
money to hold on to cr to acquire
cotton at 8c or 9c, then the bank
er and not the farmer is at fault
Cotton is not ready sale at any ,
price. Cotton has ceased to be a
cash crop. But even if it could
be sold at current prices a crop
high in grade to bring more than
9c a pound average, would be
the exception. That being the
case, if it costs 13 l-2c a pound
to grow cotton there is a 'certain
loss of 4 l-2c a pound to begin
with, if cotton does not g up. A
decline of 4 l-2c a pound from 9c
would put the price down to 4
l-2c, a remote possibility. Why
pay 13c a pound for cotton that
can be bought for 7c or 9c?
The amount of American cot
ton 'carried over this year will be
not less than 10,000,000 bales
and may exceed 11,000,000 bales,
including 1,250,000 bales of lin
tefs. An American crop of even
6,000,000 bales of lint on top of
11,000,000 bales would give us a
supply of 17,000,000 bales of
American cotton, lint and linters,
about equal to the world's nor
mal consumption of all kinds of
cotton annually. -The average
crop of cotton other than Amer
ican grown is approximately 7,
000,000 bales annually. The'world
has never consumed as much as
15,000,000 of American cotton in
any one year. Last year it was
12,735,000 bales, the year before
10,000,000 bales and this year we
are consuming at a rate of less;
than 10,000,000 bales of Ameri
can cotton. ' . ...
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