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ESTABLISHED 'SEPT- 19, 1878.
ptttsboro, Chatham ;gq Thursday; july 14. 1921.
VOL. XLTIl NO. 50
CHILDREN AT MT. VERNON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET
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JURY LIST FOR AUGUST TERM
Court Will Convene Mon
Exercises Held There Sun
day. Large Crowd
Present.
The children of Mt.v Vernon
Methodist church celebrated in
i Children's Day exercise last
Sundav and the progrom was a
crnod one. At this church there
vvere more people perhaps than
has been gathered at any, simil
iar celebration in Chatham coun
ty this year. It is on the Siler
City Circuit and Rev. H. B. Por
ter'is pastor there.
The exercises began promptly
at 11 o'clock and continued until
after twelve, when a bountiful
di ner was spread and the vast
number of people enjoyed an
hour of social intercourse and
eating the dinner.
j, B. Ingle, the superintend
ent had charge of the rendering
of the following splendid pro
gram by the children:
Recitation, by Mozel Ray.
Truth, by. Isaac Lindley.
Recitation, by Lola Harris.
Recitation by Dixie Lee
Woody.
Recitation by Almi Perry.
Sunday School day greetings
by Florine Johnson, Lou Quaken
tush, George Ingram and George
Peny.
Welcome, by Mozell Ingle.
Recitation, by Alice Quacken-
bush. o
SomeDon'ts, by Ethel Pack
ard. 'Let Us Be Kind, by Ollie May
Perry.
Recitation,-bv Jewel Harris.
Concert, by Dixie Campbell,
Alice Quackenbush, Mozell Ray,
Ola May Harris.
Recitation, by Swannie Rogers.
After the noon hour Mr. Por
ter preached a most excellent
sermon, using as his text the 23cT
verse of the eighth chapter of
Matthew. His subject was the
"Following of Christ."
The editor of the kecord was
glad to be present at this exer
cise and greatly enjoyed meet
ing the good folks in that sec
tion and he hopes to see them
more trequently in the future.
Family Affairs
vVhile it is in a difierent family
the closet was opened and the
skeleton told us that recently
while the canvas was being made
of the contigious territory to
Pittsboro, as to the desires of the
patrons in regard to a postmaster
that only 246 replies were receiv
ed and 189 of these asked for
Joe Moore.
REPORT
of the condition of
The Farmers' Bank
at Pittsboro, N. C, in the State of
North Carolina, at the close of busi
ness June 30. 1921.
RESOURCES. . .
Loans and discounts $62,764 10
Overdrafts secured, $ ;
unsecured, $245.00 ' 245 00
U.S. Bonds & Liberty bondr- 2,950 00
Banking houses, $5,692.74;
furniture and fixtures, $2,-
331.98 8,024 72
tash in vault and net amount
due from banks, bankers
and trust companies 4,951 79
Ush items held over 24 hours 10 00
Checks for clearing 706 08
Revenue stamps . 37 50
Total $ 79,689 19
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $10,000 00
surplus fund 1,000 00
Undivided profit-, less cur
rent expensus & taxes paid 1,454 56
, Us payable 15,000 00
deposits subject to check 25,346 92
Ushier's checks outstanding 427 46
Hme certificates of deposit
due on or after 30 days , '26,021 66
savings deposits 1,338 59
Accrued interest due
depositors 100 00
Total $ 79,689 19
ste of Norths Carolina-County of
Chatham, July 9, 1921.
u A. Poole, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
e above statement is true to the best
01 my knowledge and belief.
C. A. POOLE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
"Us 9th of July, 1921.
G. R. PILKINGTON,
w Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. 22, 1922.
Effect-Attest:
T. M. BLAND,
A. C. RAY,
W. P. HORTON,
Directors.
All Members Present and
Regular Affairs At
tended to.
At the meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners held here
on Tuesday, July 5th, all" the
members were present and only
routine business was transacted
as follows:
Clerk of Court Griffin reported
$99.25 collected in fees in June.
Register of Deeds Poe reported
$80.60 collected in fees in June.
There were three petitions pre
sented to the Board for special
tax elections. They came from
Baldwin township, district No. 5;
New Hope township, districts
Nos. 2, 5 and 6, and from Wil
liams township, district No. 3.
Petitions will be circulated for
the elections and presented later.
Miss Myrtle Poe, clerical work,
registers office, allowed $15.
Ten dollars and ether valuable
considerations were allowed to
both A. F. Goldston and Walker
Harris for injury received recent
ly when a charge of dynamite
prematurely exploded on the Gulf
township road work.
A. D. Watts, commissioner of
revenue, allowed $15.25, county's
part on auto license tag.
It wa3 ordered that Johnson
bridge over Rocky River on the
Pittsboro-Sanford road be de
clared unsafe and notices posted
to that effect. The new bridge
on the new road will be ready
for travel in a few days.
G- W. Blair, salary ior June,
$208.33.
Bank of Pittsboro. interest cn
one note $150.
The following amounts were
allowed tax listersjn the various
townships: C D Moore, - New
Hope, $75; F M Farrell, Cape
Pear, $125: H C Johnson, Al
bright, 75; W T Parrish, Hick
ory Mt., $115; J W Thomas, Haw
River, $50 , J A Dark. Matthews,
$130: Albert Cole, Williams, $80;
A F Goldston, Gulf, $90; C T
Desern, Center, $125; F L May,
Oakland. $'0; Vv S Phillips. Beat
Creek, $115; J C Blake, Baldwin,
$80: Walter Mann. Hadlev. $75.'
Allowed for stills: RalDh Hob
by, $20; J M Womble, $55; H M
Nicholson $20; W M Scott, $25;,
K.' V. Morris, $20; H A Harring
ton, $30; W H Ferguson, $15 CH
Crutchfitld $15.
It was ordered that Henry and
Chesney Waddell be allowed
$1.50 a month, beginning July 1.
J A Farrell, conveying prison
er to jail $6.50.
L C Clark, supt. county home,
salary for June, $41.66.
Much and Josie Fearrington,
services at county home $25.
J W Harmon, expenses to
Greensboro, accompanying Gold
ston and Harris when injured,
$24.01.
Dr. J M Harper, post mortem
examination Oldham baby at in
quest recently, $50.
RT Hobby, conveying Archie
Mashburn from Lillington to
GoUston, $10.
H S Storr Co., adding machine
supplies sheriff's office, $19.75.
Siler City Grit, advertising tax
notice, $3.50.
Bank of Pittsboro, expenses on
bonds. $12.75
Thomas Leach, janitor and ex
tra work, $22.
G W Blair, sheriff, stamps, sta
tionery, $12 90.
W H Taylor, salary, and ex
renses for June $80.75.
W L. London & Sons, supplies
county home, $39.65.
G. W. Blair, express, $3.52.
Bonlee Telephoue Co , rent at
court house and- county home,
for $16.30. ,
; G H Brocks, coroner, witness
and inquest expenses, $41.25.
Record Job Printing office, 500
receipt cards for clerk's office,
$9.
C C Poe, salary and postage
for June, -$158.
Hubert Fields, beef for county
home, $5,25.
Jas. L Griffin, salary, clerk
hire and postage for month of
June $140.73.
American Emblem Co., 2500
JOHNSON-DOYEN.
Grandson of M. A. Cockman Weds in
Maryland. ' .
The wedding of Miss Fay Doy
en and Ensign Felix L. Johnson,
U. S. N., took place on the after
noon of June 1st. at St. Ann's
church, in Annopolis Md. The
ceremony, was attended by many
distinguished men, .members . of
the class of 1881, Naval academy
to which belonged the late Gen.
Chas. A. Doyen, first command
er of the marines France, and
father of the bride.
Among the guests were secre
tary of war Weeks, who escort
ed Mrs. Doyen, mother of the
oride, up the aisle of the church;
Admiral Uriu. of the Japanese
navy; Gens. Barrett and Mahon
ey, marine corps and Senator
Weller, of Maryland.
The service was conducted bv
Chaplin Navy and Rev. Edward
D. Johnson, pastor of St. Anns.
The bride was given away by
Joseph W. Valiant,' her uncle.
, Ensign Johnson will be well
remembered here, having visited
his grandfather. Mr. M.A. Cock
man, on Hickory mountain, at
many times. He is a splendid
young man, and has many rela
tives Chatham besides his grand
father. The bride is said . to be
an accomplished young lady,
coming from one of the aristo
cratic families in Marylad and
will make Mr. Johnson a good
wife.
Takes Charge of Garage.
R. D. Herndon, arrived last
week and has taken charge of
the Poe Garage for. Bruce Stroud
jvho, recently purchased the same
from Mr. B. M. Poe.
Mr. Stroud will come later and
be in Pittsboro also The name
of the rew concern will be The
Chatham Motor Co., and in addi
tion to handling the Fordson
tractors, Ford cars, and acces
sories, will do a general garage
and repair business, as well as
handling oils, gas, and- service
station.
Siler-Alston.
The marriage of Miss Lida
Loyd Alston to Solicitor Walter
D. Siler took place at high noon
on Wednesday, June 29th at
"Hickory mountain" at the
home of Ler aunt, Mrs. G. P.
Alston. The stately drawing
room with its rare old mahognay
furnishings and simple decora
tions of white and green was a
scene of beauty.
To the strains of the bridal
chorus from Lohengrin, Rev. Jo
nas Barclay and Rev. H. B. Por
ter, the officiating minfsters, en
tered, taking their places at the
improvised altar. Then came
the maid of honor. Miss Nell
Durham, of Wilmington. The
bride entered with her brother,
D. Lacy Alston, who gave her
away.
She was met at the altar by
the groom, accompanied by his
best man, Wade Parber. The
ceremony of the Presbyterian
chrch was used.
Immediately after the ceremo
ny, ices, cake and punch were
served, after which the bride
and groom left for an extended
trip to California.
Mrs. Siler is the daughter of
the late Junius A. Alston, of
Chatham county, and is a young
woman of great charm and un
usual menta1 attainment?. Mr.
Siler, who is a leading lawyer
of Pittsboro, the solicitor of the
foirth judicial district t is well
known throughout the s ate, and
has many friends.
dog tax license tags, $125.
Chatham Hardware Co., sup
plies county home, $7.50. .
G W BJair, jail fees to Harnett
county, in Mashburn and Till
man case, $3.20.
Edwards & Broughton, books
and supplies, registers office,
$194.99. ,
C H Crutchfield, conveying
Eli Fotishee and Jnne Curry to
jail, severate trips, $15.
Wade Barber, county attorney
fee, $50.
Public Invited to be Pres
ent arid Take Part in
Exercises.: 1
PAGE AND RIDDLE TO BE HERE
Good Music and Speaking and Prizes
Everybody Should Come.
Last Friday night the newly
organized Chamber of Commerce
held a meeting in "-j the court
house and discussed matters of
general interest to the town. It
was decided to have a general
public meeting on next Friday
night,. July, 15th,- to which all
are invited. The ladies : are es
pecially requested to come andthe
Woman's CluD in a body. The
invitation is extended ? to every
citizen of Chatham county to be
here. Membership will be taken
that night from all who wish to
join, both from the town and the
rural sections. P
Hon. Robert N. Page .will be
here to make an address and
Mr. T. L. Riddle, secretary of
the Dunn Chamber of Commerce
will also be present. Jit will be
one of the biggest meetings ever
held in Chatham county and" ev
erybody is urged to come. The
nights will be light. the moon
shining and if the weather con
tinues as it is there should be a
large number of people present.
The meeting will be called, to
order promptly at 8 o'clock and
it is requestod that all be present
at that time. There; will he
special musicffor jje i occasion
and a progrwn thafciisbe-'"-enjoyed
by young and old from ev
erywhere. There are now fifty members
of tlje Chamber of Commerce
and many from the rural sections
have expressed a desire to join
and many others in Pittsboro
will come, thus giving us an or
ganization hare that will mean
much to Chatham county and
Pittsboro.
Every banjo picker in the
county is invited to come and
bring his banjo and compete for
a prize to be given by The Chat
ham Record. Three men will be
named to decide as to the best
and second best among them.
To the first best a prize of $3.00
will be given and to the second
a prize of $1.00 and a years sub
scription the Record.
Street Improved!
Main street has beer, graded
and top soiled during the past
week and is now in a first class
condition. The rise in front of
the postoffice was graded and
the slope up the hill, beyond the
graded school is now one gradual
incline, not only making a very
prettv street but reducing the
grade
This march of progress removes
au old land mark of the town
the old well 'n the corner has
been filled with tons of rock,
making the appearauce odd but
much better.
'Squire Makes 'Em Heavy
Sauire Jno. R. Blair knows
I how to put on a bond when they
i n , "H
come oeiore . mm, as was illus
trated Friday afternoon when
D. Phillips, white, was brought
before him from Bear Creek
township charged with manufac
turing, aiding in the same, of
whiskey contrary to the statutes.
He was bound over5 to August
term under a $750 justified bond.
Peculiar Death
Clark Andrews, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Andrews, of Matth
ews township, died at his home
last Saturday night. The young
man had suffered with tooth ache
for several days and on Saturday
had the tooth extracted. He was
apparently better all day and in
the afternoon' cut the wood for
his motlier to prepare supper. It
ispresnmed that bbod poison had
developed before the tooth was
treated.
W
lse-wtnerwise
Succeeding Paregoric
Prepared by The Town Skippr
It's a long way to Tipperara
ryr but Cecil Lindley says its a
short way to Raeford. ,
flN
Those people that whoop 'em
up about high prices are usually
tha ones that rush in and buy
the most expensive things to be
had. '
President Harding is an ac
commodating president just as
the senators run out of thunder,
he ups and furnishes them
something to orate about.
Mrs. Nancy Hatch says that
when a woman sets out to make a
name for herself, she usually
winds up by letting the preacher
do it.
The best way to get in the
River of Life is to paddle your
own canoe, The other feliow's
may sink.
The fellow attempting to kill
two birds with one storie, usual
ly misses both.
Frank Boone says t'-.at great
excitement was caused in San
ford last week when a man in a
reverie ran into a woman in a
tantrum.
W. L. Powell says that he does
not know whether, women are
really economizing or not. but a
good ma ,y look. as itlioughthey
were skimping on material.
Remember - that pointed re
marks get blunt answers.
The tax payers justly think
this nermalcy talk is scund all
sound.
Fletcher Mann says that in
these dfays of midions of motor
cars people take life easy and
often.
Prof. Thompson says while
they are making Americans out
of immigrants, they'd better
make a few immigrants out of
Americans.
The Woman's Club says "spit
and the world spits with you,
catch a fine and you catch alone."
Junior Order Meeting.
Ttiee will be held at Mandale,
N. C. July 23rd. thp district meet
ing for the fifteenth district Jr.,
O. U. A. M., morning and after
noon sessions. It is hoped that
all Juniors who can will be pres
ect. Friends of the order are
welcome, as the meeting will be
open and any one can attend Thp
arrangement committee expects
to have some of the National re
presentatives present who will re
port from the National meeting
in Los Angeles. Mandale is cen
trally located and we 'hope to
have a large attendance from
both Chatham and Alamance
counties.
To Enclose Monument
At the meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners hereof
Tuesday, July 5th, the Daughters
of the Confederacy asked per
mission to have an iron fence
placed around the confederate
monument in front of the court-
hnnsp.
The fence will be erected by
Gen Julian S. Carr, of Durham,
and it is presumed that as soon as
the grading of the mainstreet is
finished, that work will begin
nmrr.ntlv on the fence. This will
add materially to the apperance
of the street, couit house and
greatly to the monument. .
This movement on the part of
Daughters is to be commended
and all should be proud of the
fact that the fence will be built.
Mr. Roy Grffin, of Durham, is
visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs.
W. L. Griffin of Rt'l. -
AND THEY CONTINUE TO SPIT
Ladies Appeal to The Men
To Observe Sanitary
V , '.
Laws.
(By Publicity Dept. Womans Club.)
Despite the slightly sarcastic
signs, tacked inside as well as
outside the court-house, reading,
"If you spit on the floor at home,
spit on the floor here. We want
you fo feel perfectly at home,"
and then the modest little card
reading: "Please do not spit
on the floor. Spitting spreads
diseases, ''the men continue to
spit and snit and spit.
Just before the Memorial Day
Dinner, under the auspices of
the Woman's Club of Pittsboro,
the court house was given a
thorough cleaning all traces of
tobacco spitters being obliterat
ed as nearly as possible. ; At the
May term of Court the Judge in
his remarks to the grand jury
emphasized the importance vof
fining every man who was seen
spitting on the floor.. AU of
which seems to have had but lit
tle effect, if we judge from the
appearance of the court house
floors and walls.
Harlowe ' Taylor suggests
hanging wooden boards in the
corridors jut at the right height
to strike the averge man's nose
on such boards have printed
"$5.00 fine to spit on the floor."
"The way to a man's heart is
through his stomach," we have
been told and doubtless the way
to a man's brain is through his
pocket book," and we incline to
tbe opinion if a very few are fin
ed $5,00 for their promiscuous
spitting, it would soon cease.
"Spitting on the floors, side
walks, or similar places is a hab
it that is most dangerous to the
health of the community. - When
tuberculosis j?erms are left in
such a small place, they are a
menace to the children that play
among them. Not more than
half the people who have tuber
culosis germs in their mouth
know it and no ona should spit
on the sidewalk or cn the floor
of a public building or private
house.
Practically all of the disease
germs that are in dust have been
SDit into it by human beings
Such diaeaes as consumption,
pneumonia, influenza, diphtheria,
brochitis, colds meningitis, in
fantalile paralysis, whooping
cough scarlet fever and meas
les." We feel confident that every
man who spits on the floor, or
walls of any building or side
walks in any town, does
thoughtlessly. The late Dr.
Charles Duncan Mclver gave the
best definition of thoughtless
ness that we have ever heard.
He said "Thoughtlessness is the
worst form of selfishness iull
of thought of self, in fact; so
full of self, that we are entirely
oblivious to the rights of other."
Needless to say, the average
man does not willingly or ma
liciously spit on the floor or side
walk with the intention of
spreading disease, yet this is
what he does, every time he
spits.
The idea of the Woman's Club
of Pittsboro is to have Pittsboro
the most beautiful, the cleanest
and the healthiest'town in Chat
ham county, with, the best school
enviroment and school advanta
ges. When the highway shall have
been completed through our lit
tle town, let us hope that it may
be truly said of our county seat
by those who pass our way, that
we have the most attractive as
well as the cleaniest court house
in our state.
Send Us The Name
If you have a relative,- friend
or acquaintance who was raised
in Chathim county, and now liv
ing somewhere, else, we want
you to send us their jiame and
address. Most of them are sub
scribers, but a few are not and
we want to send them sample
copies of the Record once in a
while as an invitation to them to
subscribe. Let us have them as
early as you can while we have
the dollar proposition on.
day, August 1st For
Two Weeks.
Chatham county superior court
will convene Monday, Augusr 1,
for a two weeks term, the first
week for the criminal docket.
The civil term will begin at the
conclusion of the criminal cases,
probably, on Thursday, August
4th. The calendar of civil cases
will be found in this paper.
, The jurors for the first week
are as follows:
Gulf township J. B. Johnson,
Tr P. Murchison, A. W. Gold
ston, L. B Hester.
Bear Creek township Archie
F. Andrews, J. R. Hilliarne, Ed.
Phillips. .
Cape Fear township Estelle
Truelove, T. J. Harrington.
Baldwin township A. B. Rid
dle, Noah Williams, Dan Mar
thom '
Hickory Mt township George
Bynum, J. F. Foushee, J. M.
Gilmore, W. M Gilmore.
Haw River township J. W.
Womble.
Matthews township J.H. Fox.
D. M. Fox, J. C. Elder, W. H.
Hadley, V. M. Dorsett,
Center township -T. B. Mur
dock, Jarvis Boone, Lonnie Old
ham. New Hope township A. J.
Bryant, W. M.- Roundy. B. A.
Cears, F. M. Halleman, W. M.
Goodwin. ,
Oakland towaship Joe Gun
ter, J. C. Williams.
Albright township J.B. Ingle,
M. W. Duncan?-
Williams township Iherian
Mills, Carl Braisington.
The folbwing list of men will
be summoned here ' to serve as
jurors, for the civil term of court
begining on Monday, August
8th: . ,
Hickory Mt. -Frank Griffin, J.
L. Moodv. J. C. Bowers.
Albright John Buckner, A.
B. Dark.
New Hope R. W. Seymour,
J. B.. Mills.
Matthews E. H. Faust, Fred
Houston, J. L. Gilliland.
Cape Fear O. A. Mimms.
Gulf C. G. Sharp.
Bear Creek Joe Scott.
Oakland-Fred Seagrove.
Center W. A. Cooper.
Baldwin-J. B. Ward.
Hadley Francis Perry.
Williams Russ McGee.
. REPORT
of the condition of the
SANK OF PITTSBORO.
AT PITTSBORO IN THE STATE OF
NORTH CAP.OLINA,
at the close of business June 30, 1!21.
Resources.
Loans and discounts $174,271 97
Demand loans 5,000 00
uverdraf i s, secured,
unsecured, ; 17 69
TJ nited States Bonds & Lib
erty Bonds 9,250 0O
North Carolina State bonds 5,000 00
All other stocks, bonds and
Mortgages 5,000 00
Banking House, $4,329 89; fur
niture and fixtures, $2,033 6,362 89
Cash in vault and net amounts
due from banks, bankers
and trust comDanies Sfi nsi fvt
Cash items held over 24 hours '200 02
Checks for clearing 396 12
Total $242,080 30
Capital sloe? paid in 920,000 00
Surplus fund 6,000 00
Undivided pronts, less cur
rent expenses and taxes n'd 7 K1 9. R8
Bills payable 10,000 00
Deposits subject to check. 130,607 76
Time cei titicates of deposit
due in lers thari 30 days.. 36,812 81
Cashier's checks outstanding 929 76
Time certificates of deposit due
on or after 30 days 29,417 09
Savings deposits &00 00
Accrued interest due deposi
tors .. 1.000 00
Total $242,080 30
State of NORTH CAROLINA, County
of Chatham, July 9, 1921.
1. Jas. L. Griffin, Cashier of the'
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of iriy knowledge and belief.
JAS. L. GRIFFIN. Cashier.
Subscribed and s-worn to bfnr m.
this 9th day of July, 1921.
G. R. PILKINGTON,
Notary Public
My commission expires Jan. 22, 1922.
Correct Attest:
W. M. EUBANKS,
J. C. LAUNIS,
A. H. LONDON
Directors,
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