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' - - - fy. , ,. - - . ...... ... nHE RECORD is read f "TT l W Nl' TTfT' A 1yH if TT A TY T T every week by almost ' 1 jl . M M A everybody that's anybody. J Jl JL I THE RECORD is 'the paper that's in every home, and the only paper in many homes. ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM CO.. THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1921. VOL. XL1I1 NO. 49 lECORD FOURTH OF JULY IN CHATHAM COUNTY , ........ j Pittsboro Citizens go to Buckhorn, Siler City, Apex and Sanford Monday Baseball. COLORED FOLKS IN PITTSBORO Young Set Oo to The Game Between Pittsboro and Sanford. The morning of July 4th saw many people leaving rittsrjora fnr various ana sunary points for recreation and enjoyment of the festivities that had been planned for sections that were visited. Siler City draw the ma jor portion of te folks and they rpnort a splendid time and the hospitality of that pleasant place up to standard. Others went to Rnckhorn. where the good tolks of Corinth had made arrange ments for a big day. Boating, Fishing and bathing was thoro ughly enjoyed by all who went there. Then many of the Chat ham folks went to Aoex, where thp uroeressive citizens had put on a real entertainment and they . report a splendid time. The' rtv , . a Uoo Kr.ii fnno yTfge Jp vvplnn it thl fnn fa" ' I Ifn5 lull t ball game in Sanford w jm J game was contested between that place a .d Pittsboro. The editor was prevented from aUendinc any of these celebra tions. We wanted to go to Siler City and Buckhorn as well as Sanford. Then, too, the folks at Apex sent a special invitation. In fact we were urged by citizens from all these places to come, but we couldn,t be present at all and not being greatly - inclined to celebrate on this date we just stayed at home. This date is the anniversary of a very sad occas ion for us and we never feel iub'ilant on July 4th, since - the yes.r 1891 when the father of the editor met his death at the hands of a drunken man at his old home in South Carolina. Pittsboro made no -pretense to eel brate by the white folks, but the colored folks had various forms of amusement for their race throughout the day. A church entertainment was in progress, and a concert at the courthouse at night. They hadi a big time and a large crowd of orderly, sober, well behaved col ored folks were in town.. Illness of Old Soldier. Elbert Herndon, one of the old soldiers, living at New Hill, in the home of his son-in-law. E. E. Wilson is sick and has been confined to his room for several days. Mr. Herndon fought throughout the civil war and is we'l known to Record readers. Notice To Creditors. This is to certify that the undersign-, ea has this day qualified as Executor of the estate of Sallie F. Beckwith, deceased. All persons holding claims against the said estate will present them to the undersigned on or before the 2nd day of July 1922, or this notice wil be plead in bar of their re- cuvery, ana an persons due tne estate i wiiinieas. fftrnrH 9nH mi.Vo im. ! mediate settlement. This the 2nd. day of July 1921. Lacy C Wright. Executor. W. P. Horton, Atty. Ag.ll ; I JULY 4th, 1921 What means this demonstration. In home, in street, and haU? What means this celebration Joined in by great and small? ' Why all this buntng floating " And why these banners gay? " What are these things denoting? It's Independence day. H ik I H Fraternal thoughts engender Aconntrv's love that sticks, MThatfs why we all remember V-'The war of "Seventy Six" . V?1 And so we come displaying Our national love this way, The stars and stripes are saying "It's Independeuce day." r Wise-Otherwise Succeeding Paregoric Prepared by The Town Skippr T. W. Hackney says no one can clearly see his rights if he is blind to his duties. Patience is the- finest and worthiest part of fortitude, and the rarest too. Ruskin. Piltsboro Jealously : Myrtle- How is it that your way pauhne? Wnat line of argument do you follow? Pauline I follow the line of least consistence. v v v How do you know that Bus Nooe never played baseball. Why he told me he knew Babe Ruth when she was a chorus girl. rpi ,r ,i The story is pathetic and the man who told the Record is the Postmaster at Pittsboro, and he id lt wa trU?. absolutly. In totweeiwhileh5 was on a visit there a little child was ! found crying in tha aisle of a de partment store (they were not Record advertisers) because he had lost his mother. Why didn't you hold to her skirt, said the floor wa4ker? I couldn't reach them, the child sobbed. W'lat's that awful odor coming from the field? That's fertilizer. Well, for the land's sake? Yes- sum. Conversation overheard in Pittsboro last -; Sunday night Said the wife, to be perfectly frank with you should you die I should certainly marry again Said the harassed husband I've no objection. I'm not going to worry about the troubles of a fellow I shall never know. We Appreciate This. : Rev. R. P. Eubsnks. of Mon trose, Colorado, in sending in his renewal to the Record has this to sty: I am a native of Chatham county, and was the Record's first "devil." I saw the first issue of th.3 Record printed and assisted in the same. I congrat ulate you on the great improve ment in the paper, with all home print. I wish you would turn to the file of 1880 and you will see that for a time all the paper was printed atliome on an old Wash ington hand press No. 4. I am now general missionary of the Episcopal church in the western slope of Colorado and have five large counties to serve as minister, and am doing what I can for God and the church. During the month o July you can subscribe or renew your old for onlv $1.00. Af- - . j ter Julv 31. we will return to tne WU.ivv" , I old price of $1.50. JNo more concessions after that date. We want every one to take notice and profit by this offer. re 2$ 33 r CEDAR GROVE HAS EXERCISE Many People Present to Enjoy Childrens Pro gram Sunday. It is impossible to be in. places at one time, and the tor regrets that he could no! two edi- go to Cedar Grove Methodist church last Sunday to attend the Chil dren's Day exercises held there. We have made inquiries howev er, as to the success of the event, and we are told that the attend ance was larger and that the program was the best held there in a long period of time. It is too bad that we could not get a copy of the program as rendered, because we dp love to publish the names of the chil dren and they deserve it too. Little folks that get up and make speeches and sing as well as these children do, should have more than a mere mention made of them. From one who was present we learn that the collection was un usually good and that the cfinner as well as the program was one to oe very much enjoyed. He tdid us that Air. Tom Harris, the superintendent, who conducted the exercises, was ably assisted by Mrs. John Thompson, Mrs. Kemp Hackney, Miss Annie May Snipes and others. The co-operation in these exercises was splendid. After dinner the church was filled with folks, more so than is usually the oase at an afternoon service, and the pastor, Rev. J. W. Autry, preached the sermon. The Record has man.v friends m the section around oeaar Grove and the editor hopes to be with them on some future occa sion. Dixon-Griffin. Durham Herald. June 28. The home of Mrs. Lydia Grif fin was the scene of a quiet but very pretty marriage on Satur day evening at 7:30, when her daughter, Lora Ellen, became the bride of Victor U. Dixon. The home was tastily decorated with potted plants and a profu sion of sweet peas, Only the members of the immediate fam ilies were present. Medelssojin's wedding march was beautifully rendered by Miss Mary Cole, and the impressive ceremony was solemnized by the bride's pastor. Rev. J. A. Martin. The bride was attired in a navy blue trico tine with appropiate accessories and carried a corsage of brides roses. She is a beautiful young woman, winsome and attractive, endowed with many lovely traits of character, lhe groom is a promising young business man of Farmville. M. C. .Aftpr a tour of western cities they will be at horre in Farmville. The bride, Mis Llora Ellen Griffin will be well remembered here, as the daughter of the late Joe T. Griffin, who resided near 'town for manv years. The groom was elso reared on Rt. 3, some seven, simles from town. Road Completed. The new road to Sanford has been completed and the bridge over Rocky River is also finished with the exception of the filling m at the abuttments, and it is said this will be completed this week. This shortens the dis tance some 5 miles or more to Sanford and the road is as good as the main high way by the way of Moncure. There is only one thing lack ing now to make it an ideal drive from Pittsboro to Sanford, and that is the three mile road from Deen River to :, Sanford. If Lee county will have this piece of road worked up and graveled by the time the bridge work is com pleted, then the enterchange of visits between Lee and , Chatham will be more frequeut and satis factory., . 666 cures Malaria Chills and Fever, Bilious Tever, Colds and LaGrippe, or money refunded. COMMUNITY PICTURES CLOSE During Months of July and August Program To be Omitted. The community pictures for Chatham county had their last show in Pittsboro last Thursday night for the summer, they to be resumed on September 1st. The attendance at the show on Thursday night - wassgood and the pictures greatly enjoyed. Those who attended entered in to the voting, contest for the most beautiful girl in Pittsboro with enthusiasm. Farrell, daughter Mrs. R. T. Farrell. Miss Lucile of Mr. and taking awiv received the he laurels. She greater number of votes, thereby being declared to te the prettiest girl in town, as well as receiving the prize given by Miss Wood. Ptof. Thompson will resume these pictures on September 1st. He appreciates the fact that folks are busy now in the crops and that the attendance would necessarily be reduced during the hot summer months, and he wants to give opportunity to the greatest number to derive bene fit from this work that he can. The Record believes that this is a 'splendid idea, wnne many would forego the discomfort of the weather and working condi tions to attend, there are many hat could not go and the suspen sion for 60 days is a good idea. The work has proven of much interest in Chatham county and our people have shown their ap preciation by attending regular lymore so than any other coun ty of the state, having" exceeded any other in point of attendance. Read The Ads. ' There are &everaew , ads in this issue of the Record. Owing to the greatly increased number of subscribers that we now have there is a great demand being made upon us for advertising space more so man we can handle under our present equip ment, but as soon as we can in stall a type setting machine, we will be in position to take care of them all and print a larger paper for our readers. We want you folks to read every one of the ads. Everyone of them are thouroughly reliable. We will not takfe ads. from anyone that we do not know to be per fectly alright, until we investi gate them. Then when you ans wer an ad., or call at the stores tell'em that you saw it in the Record. To those having money to invest an especial opportunity is offered by the state of North Carolina in this issue. Look it up and investigate. Other opportunities are offered and readers of the paper should patronize the people that carry advertisements in the Record. School Fund is Short. The state school fund is short some $600,000, or a 15 per cent deficit. It is sa:d that this is caused by the Rising of the school standard and salaries of the teachers in its public schools. This deficit is considered a state obligation and one that should be met promptly, and the Kecord agrees with the assertion, The school year ended on J une 30th, and the state public school fund due the several counties will be apportioned and sent out promptly. The apportionment of this fund is based on the qual ifications of the teachers and the attendance of children in school, thus placing a premium on good teachers. . Watch your label. 0000000000000000000000000000000 9 rpELL your friends and neighbors 9 0 I that we have extended the 0 time through the month of 0 0 July in which tney may suoscriDe y a or renew for The Record at $1.00 q )!. for a whole year. This will be the (, 0 last opportunity and we hope to " 0 get 1000 more new subscribers and 0 0 if our friends continue to help us as 0 q they have we'll do it. - q oooooooooooooooooooockkx CHAT. CHAMBER COMMERCE Organized in Courthouse on Last Friday Night Officers. At a public meeting held in the courthouse here last Friday night there was organized a Chamber of Commerce for Chatham coun ty, to be known as the Chatham Chamber of Commerce. The attendance was good, there being more than 100 people pres ent, and an initial membership of more than thirty people was had. The weather was very warm, but the folks were deter mined to get together and work for the interest of the county in every way they possibly can. There ha3 been great need of such art organization here and it is believed that much good will result from it for Pittsboro and the county in general. The membership of the Wo mans Club was present and Mrs. W. P. - horton, the president, made an addrpss. Others speak ing being Rev. Jonas Barclay, V. R. Johnson, Jas L. Griffin, Dan iel L. Bell, Dr. R. M. Farrell, Prof. Earle Franklin and W. P. Horton. The lollowing officers rere elected for the term: Dr. J. M. Harper, president; W. P. 1 Hor ton, vice-president; W. Lee Far rell, treasurer; Colin G. Shaw, secretary. D. L. Bell, V. R. Johnson, and ' E. R Franklin were elected a committee to draft by-laws, and Jas. S. Wrenn, Dr, R, M. Farrell and Henry Hatch were; appointed as the member- shig committee. . As the Record does not have a complete list of all the members, thse will be published next week. All those that give their names to the committee between now and the next meeting will become charter members. " Ninety-Four Million The lacial population of the United States, announced last Thursday by the census bureau, tor the year 1920, showsthis country to contain 94,822,431 white persons. In addition to the whites there are nearly eleven million negroes, Indians, Japanese, Chinese and others in this country. Better Watch Out! Collector J. W. Bailey informs the Record that the tax payers of this district must meet the pro visions of -the Revenue act of 1918, that requires a!l corpora tions, associations, ' joint-stock companies, wheiher created by statue or contract, and insurance companies whether organized for profit or having a capitol stock represented by shares .to file book ' returns during the month of July. He stated that every corporation may secure the necessary forms by writing te his office. Fail are to file re turn during the .month of July subjects the taxpayers to a 25 per cent penalty. T. H. Gains Dead. On the 30th day ot June, 1921, T. H. Gains of Gulf township, died. He had been suffering from a stroke of paralysis for over 12 months and was unable to speak. His mind- was also affected. Mr. Goins' was 69 years and 4 months old. He leaves a wife, and 6 children, six children grown having died. - He was laid.to rest at Gains Grove Primitive Baptist church. He had been a member and a deacon in this church for several years. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. C. A. Davis of High Point. , - Mr. Gains was a good farmer and a orood citizen, and he will be missed in the community. A FRIEND. 666 quickly relieves Consti pation, Biliousness, Loss of Ap netite and Headaches, due to AT HICKORY MT. METHODIST CHURCH Childrens Day Exercises Held There Sunday Was a Great Success-Many Present. DIVE ATTENTION, PLEASE Complete Information Re garding Threshers for Farmers-Operators Thev North Carolina commis sioner of. agriculture announces, in cooperation with the U. S. de partment of agriculture, that the law requires each thresher of grain to secure a threshing li cense from the register of deeds before operating. This license is free no cost for same. In the same way that the op erator has to have a license, it is also necessary for each farmer to see that the party threshing his grain has a license. Each thresher must keep and report the bushels threshed and the acres from which the grain was harvested. All thresher operators should at once get their licenses, when a notebook for keeping the rpt ords required, as well as the re port sheet sheets, will be given them. These books are to be re tained permanently by the oper ators for personal records. But at the close of the threshing sea son or not later than September 15th, a complete report' up to that date .must be made to the register of deeds. The thresh er's report is not to be sent to Raleigh, but to the register of deeds of each county where the threshing is done. A word to the wise is: Oper ate with a license and be sure the operator is licensed. Failure for a-thresher-ta,report,meaos.. $25 fine, e although the license costs nothing is free. The records made will be a business memo randa for reference in later years ' and for making collections from farmers. The information is used as a check on how much grain we produce and where it is made. It is a good business and educa tional provision. CEATHAM LEADS. Two Young Ladies From This County Among Graduates. Out of the 78 graduates of the Eastern Carolina Training School located at Greenville, N. C, there were two younsr la dies from Chatham .county namely, Miss Mabl Roce Thom as, daughter of Mr and Mrs. A G. Thomas, of near Pittsboro, and Miss Josie Dorsett, daught er of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dorse ct, of Kimtolton. This is another record that our people should be proud of and doubtless are, that further de monstrates the fact that Chat ham people are in the lead in so many things. The requirements for entrance in this chool are the possesion of a diploma from an accredited school and that a promise be made to teach in the public schools of the state two terms. The total cost for board, lights, etc., is only $180. for the entire session, beginning September 29th and ending with June, the session being divided into thre terms at $60. each. When you start out to judge the mistakes of others, ascertain J the cause of them, and your udgment will not be greatly at fault. I The Biggest Thing in the South. H The "Biggest Thing in The South" is the title of a lit tie booklet just issued by the Cotton and Tobacco Grow- Kj ers Associations. It contains a brief statement about SI the growers big movement to bring prosperity to 'North M Carolina, and as'o a number of endorsements from some c of the leading citizens of the state. Copies of this book l can be had free by calling at the Record office. C. K. WRENN MAKES SPEECH Good Dinner Prepared by Women For " The Occasion. ' The Methodists of Chatham County certainly dc know bow to" give an.all day exercise when the lime for Children's Day comes around. The Record man visit ed Hickory Mt. Methodist church Sunday and spent the day there with those good people, enjoying a good program, Jistening to good talks, hearing the very best of music and fust, but not least ' by auy means, in eating a din ner that would meet the expec tatious of the most fastidious. We couldn't eat with all of them . so we just went ajound preacher style and ate with them all. . The exercises began promptly at 11 o'clock with W. H. Fergu son, the superintendent in charge and the recital by the children in a splendid manner. No one could listen to those children re cite and sing without admiring the manner in which they spoke out clearly and unafraid. In fact the . children at all these .. churches where we have attend ed the exercises do the same way. They are enthusiastic in the work that they are asked to' do and do not mind using thejr little voices in a way that they can be heard and understood. The program as rendered, to gether with the names of the chfldren taking part, was as fol-. lows: Sunday school day greeting Juanita Johnson, Charles Ferguson, Hazel John son, and Chapin Johnson. Song by the' choir. -Recitation by Elmer Cooper. ''A "dialogue Thos&.who do not Sing . Hayse Ferguson," Juanita Johnson, Res sie Johnson, Dallie Woody, Nellie Woody, and Edna Johnson. Song by -children Jesus Our -Helper Leon Ferguson, Leonard Johnson; Estelle Foster, Lucile Woody, and ; Arthur Campbell. . ' Song by the ehoir. Recitation by James Ray. Vocal duet Mrs. L. J. Womble and Miss Ethel Desern. Recitation by Edna Cooper. Song by the choir. Recitation by Hazel Johnson, Song by the choir. - . , After the completion of the program, the editor of the Rec ord made a short talk to the con gregation and the dinner followed , the dismissal thereafter. There was certainfy an abun dance there to eat. Every kind of victuals hat anyone would, desire and prepared in a mo?t excellent manner by the women,' that were in attendance. After re - assembling in the church after dinner, there were two splendid speeches. One was by C. K. Wrenn, who had come from Siler City, to represent the pastor, Rev. H. B, Porter, who was detained at the district con ference in Carthage. . The sub- s ject of Mr. Wrenn's talk was Child Life in the Church and Christianity in the Home. . At torney A. C. Ray, of Pittsboro, followed him and devoted his discourse to the necessity of worship and cultivation of the spiritual atmosphere in the home. The7 Record editor was proud to be with these people and will look forward with pleasure to be with them again in the future. 666 has more imitations than any other Fever Tonic on the ' market, but no one wants imi- tations. i ; s ! I ' ;.t!' f:';! !! I ) I ; i ' ' :!; A." Torpid Liver. rt