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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878.
PTTTSBORO. N.C, CHATHAM CO., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921.
VOL, XLIY NO. 2
GOUHT ADJOURNS.
Ended on Friday After tan Days of
Hard Work For All.
Judge E. H. Cranmer adjourned
court here Friday last after a ses
sion lasting from' Monday, Aug
ust 1st. Very few civil cases
were taken up, owing to the lack
of time.
All the criminal cases tried
were hard fought and but few
were let escape. Solicitor W. D.
Siler went after the evil doers
with a vengeance and when they
were convicted, Judge Cranmer
done the rest. A few more
courts like this and Chatham
county will be rid of blockaders.
In addition to those cases we
published last issue and the issue
before that, the following were
cisposed of before adjournment:
Thos. Holder and Claud Poole,
housebreaking, ' .Holder found
guilty and sentenced tc roads for
12 months. Capias issued for
Poole and case continued
Rob Rives, illicit distilling,
guilty, 12 months on road.
Zaek Andrews, illicit distilling,
case continued.
Case of 0. W. Campbell, de
fendant allowed to give bond for
60 days in the sum o.t $2500, giv
ing time to gather crop and ar
range affairs before beginning
sentence and pending application
to Governor for pardon.
Henry Phillips, Weldon Wat
son and A. L. Phillips, separate
cises, called and failed, capias
issued anb case continued. . .
Prince Gordon, prayer for
judgment, case continued, bond
in the sum of $300, to appear at
each criminal term, of court for 2
years and show good behavior.
Will Isley, capias issued and
case continued.
Charlie Johnson, Jllicit distill
ing, continued., .t i ; -
Barney Phillips, illicit distill
ing, capias issued and case con
tinued. Lewis Overby, false pretense,
not guilty. '.
Robert Oldham, assault on
child, 12 months on roads.
Simon Alston, illicit distilling,
nol prossed.
Robt. Johnson, retailing, ' 12
months on roads, appeal to su
preme court.
Lewis Bryant, illicit distilling,
notRuilty.
A. C. Ray and W. P. Horton
vs. Jas. P. Yarborough, recover
sum of $1000 each from defend
ant. Defendant makes motion
for new trial and denied,. appeals
to supreme court.
E. R. Crook vs. Lillie Crook,
granted absolute divorce.
W. H. Dunlap vs. Sanford Sash
& Blind Co., compromised.
Lessie Vestal vs. Colon Vestal,
granted absolute divorce.
Trent River Marl & Lime Co.,
vs. E. M. Fearrington, on motion
of A. C. Ray case nonsuited and
plaintiff taxed with the cost. -
Cicero Johnson vs. Gilbert Fu
quay. Plaintiff recovers nothing
and defendant pay cost to date,
sum of $9.70. .
Laura Brewer vs. Richard
Brewer, cross suited, defendant
granted absolute divorce.
F. L. Poe vs. J. P. Bynum,
j ud gmens for $1, 122 18, order ed
as much of property as neeessary
be sold to satisfy judgment.
C P. Harward, of Moncure
route 2, was a pleasant caller at
the Record office Saturday.
Protracted Meeting.
The pastor, Rav. W. B. Waff,
tells us that the protracted meet
ing at the Baptist church here
will begin nxt Sunday morning.
After the Sunday service there
will be two services a day, after
noon and night. Dr. Elias Dod
son Poe, pastor ;of the Temple
church Durham, has promised to
U,l I 1 1
m ine meeung. v
Dr. Poe expects to get here on
the noon train Monday the 22nd.
The people are cordially'invited
to attend the meeting. ' "
666 quickly relieves Consti
pation, Biliousness, Loss of Ap
petite and Headaches, due to
Torpid Liver.
Wise-Oth
erwise
Stolen Paragraphs Localized by the
Editor to. Tease His Friends
Every time you hear. a man
lambasting a newspaper, just put
it down that the paper has pub
lished sometheng contrary to the
sugar-coated taste of the indi
vidual expressing himself.
"
Last Friday night while the
editor was Das3iner a resirlenp
near that Of his own, he heard a
lady use that old time" expres
sion: "Well, I guess I will let
those dishes go until in the morn
ing." Dr. J . M. HarDer told the edi
tor the other day that to improve
his health, he must have only
pleasant thoughts while eating.
How can we, Doc, when we know
we are still Davinor war-time
prices for a good many things we
do eat? v
mi?
We always appreciate it when
a fat man gets applause. He is
so of ten overlooked. Ask "Shug"
Nooe about the hurrah that was
given him the other day when his
hat blew off ic the dusty street.
Mary had a little cold
That settled in her head
And everywhere that Mars' went
That cold was sure to spread.
The flower of the nolitician is
the fore-et-me-not. but he should
0 r
be like the aviator afraid to fall
down on his job.
Dr. Roscoe Farrell says that a
farmer in Chatham county, can
raise almost anything except a
mortgage, v . r :
When a man does areal honest-
to-coodness .lav's work, there's
mighty .little danger of his steal
ing at night.
Many men cast shadows on
their life by standing in their own
light. '
QnnJ T T? Rlo?i ecvo fVtof rr
portunities are far more profita
ble than prophetsl
G. R. Pilkington says a small
boy always realizes that it is
wicked to fight when-he is get
ting the worst of the encounter.
Calling the weather man harsh
names helps some, biit'it is nec
essary for -Lisander Johnscn to
keep on mopping.
We take it that it is more pro
fitable to argue with a fool than
it is with an officer.
His Operation.
Echoes from the tonsil-adenoid
clinic at Siler City.
This is just how it all happened
as one little nine year old tells it.
They laid me on the table and
put cotton spectacles on my eyes.
Then they put a muzzle on. me
and began to pour something on
it. They told me t blow it off if
I didn't like it and I begun to
blow. They kept telling me to
blow and then got faither and
farther -off. Then I sawa bright
light and that got smaller and
smaller and the next thing X knew
I was back here in bed.
One youngster, said being put
to sleep was like swimming back
wards. -V,.".
After coming out from under
the anaesthetic one child 'said,
"Pshaw, here you've got me all
mussed up and didn't take my
tonsils out at all!"
One boy, aged six said he
d'dn't need any ether to po to
sleep, he went to sleep every
night without it. Dr. Wright
saidi "Well, will you tell us when
you get to sleep?'' He answered,
"How can I? Tcan't talk when
I'm asleep." - ' ,
The baby of the bunch was the
first one' of twenty-seven to be
come normal. Had his operation
at 2 o'clock and at six wanted to
go for a ride and get ice cream
and chewing gum.
Corinth, Aug 10, 1921.
ROAD SUPERVISORS.
Proceedings of Meeting Meld Here on
the 8th and 9th of August.
At .the meeting of the Road
Supervisors for Chatham county
held here on Monday and Tues
day, August 8th and 9th, all
members were present and trans
acted the following business:
It was ordered that $150 be
paid to J. N. Hackney, treasarer,
to repair road to Providence
church from Moore's bridge.
Contract for surfacing road
from Moore's bridge jto Wake
county line was let to J. T. riott,
his being the lowest of several
bids.' The work will begin iri a
few days.
Tt was ordered that Hickory
Mt. township be allowed to work.
roads by free labor, agreeable to
a lengthy petition presented to
them for that purpose. The sup
ervisors will receive $2.50 per
day for this work, and all those
prferringto do so can furnish a
substitute to work in their place
or pay $1.00 per day in advance
for the six days required to work
the roads. The supervisors were
privileged by an act of the legis
lature to make this amount as
much as $2.00 but they decided
on the $1. Supervisors appoint
ed for the township were Lacey
Womble, ,Will Bowers and R. D.
Fielas.
There has recently been a good
deal of work in Center township
near New Salem Baptist church,
a report of which was received.
The supervisors stated that
there was just a little,more work
to be done in Gulf township, af
ter which the convict force would
be moved to Hadjev township to
work the roads there.
, Accounts were paid as follows:
?Wtf B. ' Harper for, work xm New
Hope bridge, handstand filling in
approaches, $307.
North State Culvert Company,
Greensbcro, $212.64.
W. E. Griffin, superintendent
work, New Hope township, teams
and hands, $247. 78..
'J. E. Jones, lumber. Cedar
Creek and Bear Creek townships,
$44,31.
Dillon Supp'v Co., supplies for
machinery, $220.
Bills for salary, hands and re
pair force, sunplies from mer
chants, and miscellaneous arti
cles, $334.70. a
For hands for work in Albright
and New Hope township, $125.25.
Labor on bridge in Cape Fear
township, $207.32.
Labor and work on bridge in
Center, Hadley and Gulf town
ships, $366. .
Final estimate T. W. Chandler
& Co., for road from Moore's
bridge to Wake county line, ,$3,
606.11. J, T. Plott, estimate No. 5.
from Cape Fear township line to
Durham county line, through
New Hope and Williams, $4,
209 73 ;
J. f. Plott, estimate No. 2,
Matthews township line to Ala
mance count v line through Al
bright, $3,518.50. ,
Atlantic Bridge Co., final esti
mate' Rocky River bridge, Oak
land township, $461.57.
Atlantic Bridge Cx, estimate
No 2, New Hope township
bridge, near.Seaforth, $3,633.26.
SuppUes for road hands and
other labor in Matthews town
ship, $445.
- Aggregate salary and expense
account for the Road Supervis
ors, $360.75.
Statement of Gulf township
showed $1,190.73 expended dur
ing the month and $3,488.05 bal
ance on hand. ;
Statement of Bear Creek town
ship showed $1,905.57 expended
during the month and $8670.36
balance on hand.
Come at 9 o'clock.
Commander W. At Ellington
asks us to tell the old soldiers to
report here at 9 oelock instead'
of 8 ast announced last week in
the Record. Automob es will be
here to take them to Durham on
the morning of the 23rd. All
those old soldiers who will go on
the train from any point in the
county,- will be given a two-cent
rate to Durham and return.
Chathatti Chiirclu
On last - Saturday morning a
party 01 people both vyoung and
oldwent .to Tysors mill on Rocky
Kiver to a nsh try, The men did
the seining and! caught av large
number of;- nice iishfwhich some
of Chathafns good cooks fried on
the river bank. CThe eating was
thoroughlenjdyby the parry
ot-titty people preent V i ;
K Mr. and Mrs. ffifiTji Jr i
and son Horace!- left Thursday
for a short visit jto hetsister near
Fayetteville: Uif
Mr. and Jtovldrewv Burns
of Siler City, speiiitheVweek-end
with bis father.ilKto BUpnsi '
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.'. Robert Cleggr and daughter,
Mar gare tte' Starr,5 of Hamlet . are
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Clegg. V-V;:'; :. :
The relatives and"; friends of
Mrs. J. R Clegg will, be glad to
learn that sh e is "doing nicely, af ?
ter a serious "operation, vhowever
she is still Undertreatitient. : ;
Wallace Knight. : who is work-
in'g in Chapel Hill, .was home for
the week-end .; fp0i-:-:'yl:
Miss Mary Clegg has returned
home from Lake;junaluska. : ;
Miss Blanche Welch' ; of Wiri
ston-Salem,-: visited: her mother
last week. ": . . ?5 , - : ':
Miss Mabel Rose Thomas and
bro ther, James. '; have returned
home after a visit to their aunt,
Mrs. Utley.: MM-'-xvu
We are glad to-learn that the
son of W D; Hurrls is doing nice
ly after having his tonsils and
adenoids removed last Friday
J ames May and Bruce Burns
motored to RaUah Saturday arid
Percy Gunterj thought he would
go. They told their home folks
they hoped to be. . back : m Old
North Carpjina'in a few days. .? ?
Colored Woman Dies.
There died in Pittsboro Wed-
nesdav Aug. 10th, its oldest in
habitant, Sylla Jackson, aged 90
years. Having been very feeble
for some time from old age, she
gently passed away.
When a girl she was waiting
maid to Mrs. Samuel S. Jackson.
She has had many respectable
descendants, among whom is her
son, Rev. Johnnie Jackson psistor
of the largest colored Methodist
church in Wilmington, N. C.
She was known as "Aunt Syl-
la" and Ma'am Sylla. But to
those she nursed from infancy,
she was always "Nunnie.'" She
had nursed m the Jackson tam
ily, and Mr. Henry A. London's
family for three generations.
There were some of her "white
children" who attended her fun
eral, and all of them, present and
absent, showed, their loving re
spect for her by sending beauti
ful flowers
This could be said of her. "She
was loyal m lire to ner wmte
people and represented the fast
passing type of the "Old South."
She was faithful in the discharge
6f her duties, and her white peo
ple, whom she so fondly loved,
will mourn her death, and will
always tenderly cherish her mem
ory; Farm Convention.
New facts about food, and its
influence on health and progress
are to be featured in a talk by
Dr. E. V.McCollum, world fam-
t it T 1
ous nutrition expert or jonn
Hopkins University, at the.Farm-
ers' and Faim women's conven
tion in Raleigh, Aug. 30-Sept l.fl
Model cotton warehouses are
to, form a part ot the exhibits al
so. There will be five models
ranging from inexpensive frame
buildings to brick and concrete
structures, each made to scale,
and in addition fragment models
will show every detail,, of con-
strudtion. -
Figures Fool Us.
Our "devil" got W. A. Elling
ton's calculations mixed up last
week in regard to the automo
biles. He measured off 300 yards
and the ten automobiles that
passed made the distance in 30
seconds, or 600 yards in one min
ute, while we had it 500 yards.
AUGUST MEETING,
Woman's Club Has Interesting Gath
- ering on the 3rd
(By Publicity Dept. ' Woman's Club)
On Wednesday afternoon Au
gust 3rd;; The Woman's Club: of
Pittsboro held it? regular meet
ing jat. the ; home of ; Mrs; v J. M.
Harper. . f ; ' ; 1
H At this meeting, the . members
of the club. ' through the Presi
dent, Mrs. W. P. Horton, express
ed their, appreciation of the rec
ognition given - the' organization
gy enrolling its members as hon
orary members of the ; Chamber
of. Commerce. .
; Plans were 'formulated for a
course of -lectures to oe given the
coming winter under the aus
pices of the Woman' s club. The
selection of a committee to secure
speakers was left in , the hands
of Mrs. horton ; v t t : ; ' , ;
- ' After, a general discussion the
President .Mrs. W v P.' Horton,
was instrucked to appoint a com
mittee to go before the town com
missioners at their next regular
meeting and recomend that the
dusy streets,' which are almost
int blorable and a menace to health
be oiled. -v j ' 1:. - -; v - ; ,
The following petition was laid
before the City Fathers. vv'
North Carolina, f
Chatham County. .7 ' :' v'
' Whereas, the Woman's; Club of
Pittsboro, N, Ck ; met ; in regular
session on the 3rd day of August
1921 for the dipatch of such bus-
siness as required its attention,
and. ".-v ;V-P "H ;" ;.:
Whereas, UDon - motion duly
made in said meeting of and con
cerning i the dusty streets : of
Pittsboro, a vote was taken upon
said,motiQn,;and it was decided
by a unanimous vote of said club
Ihat somethmg orag
to arrest the.dust, especially for
the reason that the present dusty
dondition of the said street will
endanger the health of the people
of the town.
It wa3 therefore, upon. vote of
said Woman's Ciub decided that
a committee be appointed to go
bofore the Board of Town Com
missioners, of the town of Pitts
boro, either in person, or by way
of resolution and request the
said Town Commissioners, to oil
the dust streets of Pittsboro, and
to pay for same with town taxes.
Be it therefore resolved, that
we, the committee appointed as
aforesaid, do hereby respectively
petition your honorable body to
take immediate action to the end
that the streets may be put in
such codition as will arrest the
the dust and thereby pre
serve the health of its people.
Be it further resolved, that the
said Woman's Club of Pittsboro
is desirous of working in co-op"-eration
with, and assisting in any
way they can, either by sugges
tion or otherwise, the town au-
thoratives in making Pittsboro a
better place in which to live.
Signed:
v . Mrs. W. P. Horton,
Mrs. Jas. L. Griffin,
Mrs. Henry L. Nooe.
At the close of the business
meeting delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess as
sisted by her sister, Miss Marv
McGhee of Raleigh N. C.
Dezern Gets a still.
C. T. Dezern, deputy sheriff of
Chatham, accompanied by sheriff
Rosser of Lee county went over
on banks of Deep River on the
Lee county side lst . Saturday
morning and there found a com
plete copper still oi 35 gallon
capacity, a lot of low wine and
beer and a complete outfit for
making blockde whiskey.
The operator of this outfit ha3
been spotted and it is believed he
will be arrested in a short time
if he continues to live in Chat
ham county. The location bore
evidence of having been there
for a long time, as a runaway had
been made to empty the slops in
the river and the still was sub
stantially erected.
The owner lives in this county
and crossed the river, in boats to
do the work and bring the pro
ducts of his still back over on
this side. It was near Moncure.
BEAR CREEK.
: Lawrence Jones son of W. R.
Jones had the misfortune of get
ting one of his toes cut off ' and
his foot cut of en while making
cross ties one day; last" week; . v
v A large number of people at
tended the beginning of the pro
tracted meeting at: Bulah church
aunoay it .. paving closed on
Thursday with r a wonderful
meeting. M'kXi ,: -V t -
Protracted meeting will begin
Fall Creek Sunday pastor A. : G.
Lassiter will be assisted by Rev.
Paul Hartsell of Star. - ; - , .
Mr.. Evert-Welch of Greens
boro have been visiting "relatives
near Iall, Creek. - .-.-JT;---'?:
Mrs. .Will Powers is in Rich
mond, Va. now being treated for
cancer and is getting along nicely
Talmage Smith of ; Fall ' Creek
has gone to Greensboro to work.
Rev. J. C. Cumming preached
an able sermon at B. F. Scott's
Fifth Su n day in July he preach
ed; for Aunt; Charity, mother sf
U. r . bcott who has deen confin
ed to her room for some time. :
:- : - REGULAR. :
, A Large Oak. ;
O." T.-:Wiiliams ; if Hadly
township, - called on the editor
last Saturday hile; in town. i Mr.
Williams told us Of a large, white
oak he had -cut on his farm' which
furnished him 38; cross ties and
60. feet of lumber. He used the
lumber and sold the ties for $54.
25, some of which brought as
high as $1.60, each.
Postmaster Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission informs the Record
that an examination ' to , fill the
vacancy of Dostmaster at. Mon-
September 10, 1921.. The vacancy
was in operation since April 1.
this year and that the office pays
$1000. Full information can be
obtained from the secretary of
the Civil Service Commission in
Washington, D. C. On the day
of examination applicants, in ad
dition to furnishing an admit
tance card, will furnish a photo
graph, taken within two years
securely pasted in the space for
the same on the admittance card.
Commander London Home
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Commander J. J. London is
here on a visit for a few days to
his mother, Mrs.. Henry A. Lon
don. For the past year he has
been stationed in Turkish waters
on the St. Louis, the flagship of
Admiral Bristol.
He was detached from the St.
Louis, on July 2nd, and ordered
to the'United States to go on
shore duty at the Navy Depart
ment, Washington. On the way,
to the United States Commander
London spentr a month visiting
various places of interest in Eu
rope, such as Athens, Rome, Ve
nice, Vienna, Wien, Prague,
Carlsbad, Switzerland, Paris.. He
crossed the Atlantic on the Old
North State, a passenger line
ship of the United States Mail
Transportation Company.
During his stay in Constanti
nople Commander London came
in close contact with the troubles
in the Near East. Fighting be
tween Greeks and Turkish, Na
tionalists is, still in progress,' with
no signs at present of its abate
ment. Last winter the St. Louis
was present at Sevastopol when
General Wrangle's army was
forced by Bolshevists to evacuate
southern Russia. At the time
many refugees were saved and
brought on the St. Louis from
Sevastopol to Constantinople. At
one time there wer 150,000 Rus
sian refugees crowded on all
kinds of vessels anchored in the
harbor of Constantinople.
The Exposition.
Construction work is proceed
ing rapidly on the big brick and
steel building in which the first
Made-in-Carolinas Ex po s i t i 0 n
will be held from Sept. 12 to 29,
when thousands of dollars of pro
ducts of Carolina factories will
be displayed in a manner deemed
best suited to impressing upon
Carolina people the "buy at
home" idea, according to announcement.
NEGRO IN TROUBLE.
Robertson, Foreman For J. T. Plott,
; 4 Seriously Wounded.
- A sensational; shooting affair
took place on the main street in
Siler City Friday, just after 1
o'clock when a negro, LeeAlexan
der shot and wounded Goodman
R. Robertson. 4 Mr. Robertson is
foreman of one of of J. T. Plott's
road, construction forces, located
near, town, and tne negro who
aid tne. snooting nad Deen em
ployed as blacksmith. The negro
claimed that, Robertson had not
paid him all that was due and af
ter a few words over the matter
drew a .38 caliber pistol aud be
gan firing at close range and con
tinued until : he had emptied his
revolver. Robertson was shot in
the leg just behind the knee, in
the shoulder and in the back.
As soon as the negro had emp
tied his gun ha ran and succeeded
in getting away from Main street.
A posse was formed immediately
and pursued the fleeing negro,
who had reloaded his gun and
continued to fire at differenttpur-
suers . untu :nis gun was again
empty By' this time he was
pretty well surrounded and Hen
ry Pike left his car and captured
him..: The negro plead for his
life and had it not ' been for the
counsel of Mr. Pike and others,
possibly he would have been shot
on the spot. He was quickly sur
rounded by the infuriated citi-
zens. But ' cooi neaoa prevailed
anjl the 'negro was soon behind
the bars in Pittsboro, later be
ing removed to Raleigh as a pre
cautionary measure- In the pur
suit and exchange, of shots the
negro was hit twice but not seri
ously wounded. '
Mr; Robertsorihas been here
only a few months, but during
these few months has made many
Hu'home is atr
Leaksvil!e.
He was carried to a hospital at
Greensboro where he is getting
along nicely, although painfully
wounded.
Array of Musical Talent.
With an array of musical talent
that music lovers of North Caro
line have seldom been offered in
one comprehensive course of un-
usal attractions annoucement is
made by John A. Park of his pro
gram of events at the city audi
torium in Raleigh next season.
Starting with two attractions
during the week of the State Fair
in October and continueing until
spring, the series w; Jl includesome
of the most conspicoas artists in
the music world and a versality
of talent calculated to satisfy the
most exacting taste.
There will be six attractions ar
ranged in one series of events at
popular prices. Tickets for all six
events will be sold at one time and
reservations may be made at the
beginning of the season for the
entire course.
Praises Sanitorium. ,
Editor of The Record:
The undersigned recently had
occasion to ta ce a near relative
to the hospital at Sanitorium. It
was believed that at that time he
was suffering with that dreaded
malady, but proved otherwise. I
want to 3ay that,the institution
there i3 certainly a splendid one
fully equipped, nicely arranged .
and, kept in perfect order. Dur-
ing my several days stay there I
had every opportunity to see the
place inside and out and was
greatly impressed with the splen
did care and arrangement of the
whole Dlace. The exterior was.
just a little rugged owing to the
debris caused by the building of
extra room that will probably ac
commodate twice the number of
patients, utherwise the place
was in, splendid condition.
N. T. MANN, Bynum Rt. 1.
An Old Resident.
W. L. Dorsett, now of Colum
bus county, living near Clarkton,
was reared m Matthews town
ship, near ' Siler City. He was a
caller at the Record office Friday
and related many incidents of ths
county during his boyhood daye
that were interesting to the edi
tor. Mr. Dorsett is near 70 years
old but if single he could easily
make the ladies believe he were
much younger.
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