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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19,1878
PTTTSBORO; N. G.;CHATHAMiCOa THURSDAYrOGTOBER 27, 1921
VOL. XL! V NO. 13
Read This!
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We have just a feW' subscribers
that are behirid ' with their, pay
merit it trnp- nonce nasa ; ring
sronnd it, it means that unless
we hear from you' by : Saturday,
Kov. 5th, your paper will be dis
continued. We are trying to get
nut a good newsy paper, well
worth a dollar to you, and if you
want it we want you to have it
-but we expect pay for it. It
is the only way we can . continue
in business.,-. . - v ' - ij
COLIN G. SHAW. -Editor.
COUNTY HOME SECTION.
Vernon Pegram spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Williams near Cumnock. " y -;-
Julia and Oren Roberson spent
the week-end with their grand
parents, Mr.. tandv Mrs. , Oreh
Dowdy at Cumnock. . ; ',
Mrs. Lucy Williams spent Sat
urday night with Mr. and. Mrs.
W. A. Roberson. ; t ' "'
Flat, as he is called by aU'who
know him, is a great 'opossum
hunter in this section. . '
Julian Mclver wife and family
spent Sunday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Roberson.
Mrs. Lucy Williams; of near
Pittsboro, spent Sunday with
Airs. J. B Roberson.-
Misses Myrtle Perry, Stacy
Eddins, Louise Petty and Truman
Fields, and Messrs. Roy Fields
and Ed. Bryant, of Pittsboro,
Vernon Pegram and Tommy Mur-i
dock, of near here, spent a while
Wednesday night at the home of
W. A. Roberson. -
. - OFTEN, vr-:
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Community Meetings. ;
The community meetings, at
which there will be songs, games
and moving pictures,-will be held
tomorrow, night; . Thursday, at
Bennett; Friday night ktByrium ;
Monday night at Ofe Hilir Tues
day night -at ' McManus - and- on
Wednesday night at Eastern Ac
ademy. . " ". .. . .., . .
Thursday and Friday night the
pictures- will be Coine Clean, jThe
Magic Wand, The. Tell Tale Arm
and Mutt and Jeff.- For- the re
mainder., of. the schedule a new
program will be' given." '
Let everybody. - attend these
gatherings and prosper, by , the
experience.
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A Daughter "
The Record is informed that oh
October 16th, 1921, at Wake For
est, N. C-, a daughter, Majorie
Ge'trude,-was borrL to Mr; and
Mrs. C. M Qilmori?. JMr. GifaioVe
will be remembered as a native
of this county - He . is now; in
Wake Forest Medical school.
Meeting Local Red -Gross. rf
There will beaieqttngof tg1a&aa
KedXr ossf' on -FrJd a v at her?
noon, . Noy.4th," at our:ol6:kn
at the home of Mrs. H. T. Cha
pin. This meeting is for the pur
pose of making , arrangements
about the soldiers who are to
come here to meet'th'ersqiiad oh
Nov. 11 and 12ch? s All members
of the local chapter , ate urged ,to
be present. . . Vv- . . .
Sale of Property Under
Mortgage
Under and by virtue of the power of
t4ia contained m a certain mortgage
deed executed by;M.: JM. JOldham and.
his wife. Pa ttie Oldham, "W? W, T-
Dowdy, deceased, which is registered
m the office of Register of Deeds for
natham county in book FN at' page
o49, default having been made-inr. the
paymt-nt of the same, the undersigned,
administrator of the said W. T. Dow
dy, will on .-.-'
Monday, November. 1192 ,
at 12 o'clock, noon, a,t the court house
door of Chatham county, in " Pittsboro.
C sell all the right, title and Inter-
v v.l luc oam m. m. uianam ana nis
wife, Pattie Oldham,- in and t to the
-""uwuig aescriDea tract of land m
uk township Chatham vcounty, Noito
Vvaroiina: -.: ..',
Bounded on the North by G,B.Hart;
on the west by R. B. QWham; on the
soutn.by Mrs. Franca Oldham; on 'tbe
ast by B. F. C. lJurge; Icohtainn& IC4
acres, more or less- . , .f r: , ..
Thia the 12th" day of October,' i
JOHN R. fDO W.nYj '
Admr. W. T. Dowdy;' deceased.
Lon2 & Bell, Attys. -. 4 v 10
MT'ZION.
; Misses Pearl A Foushee. Eliza-
;beth Thomas JLaura Harris and
Xaura Carter, of Pittsboro. snent
the week-end With Miss Glatie
f Harper. -
Miss Lela Johnson left thejl5tn
to begin her work as teacher in
the Corinth school. 'j :
Miss Ola Harmor left last Mon
day to begin her second year as
Aeacher in the Gum "SDrincrs
school. in i
W. B Harper and son, Wade,
spent the week-end, at home.-
Quite a number from this com
munity attended'the State Fair
at Raleigh last week. C l
Mrs. Morcran rand; dauorhter.
Miss Henriett, ofPitteboro, were
present at the qornsbuckingrat
the home of W. B. Harper Fri
day night: .Theytiadto'have the
second shuckinc: , on;- Saturday.
Everybody had ajojiy.good time
both;nights.sv ? " 1
The maioritv of the DeoDle
have finished shuck'iner corn
through here, i There1 are a few
others to shuck yet.' ' There have
ueen qujce . a large crpwa oi wo
men 1 at most of the - shuckmcrs.
Some - sav -that- the women do
more harm than'gooS at shuk
ings.' Thi3 proved to; be fahe'at
the home -of Joseph -CiHarmon
Tuesday, night of last v week.
Tnere was -an enormous pile6f
corn to shuck arid no one had any
idea of finishing. Some left
early nd said -that they woyld
come back the ' next night aid
help. After sixty people had
eaten supper; botrrdmen'ahd
men went .o, thjagorn pile with' a
determination "to rfimsli. They
would not (have 'finished rif the
womeh had; not helped' so faith
ful. The? women, toot C filled the
men with erithusiasmjby -einging
so many pret'fyon g's. , Cdngr'at
uJationstO.tbewomensand tbe
rrien,' v- V . c& . b.-:
..Mr!''
Fire at School.
1 4 Wednesday of last -week just
at recess, it was, notipedr . that tbe
wood'pile at the'High Schdol was
on.fire. and by hard worEv direct
ed" byV Prof. Franklin, v th,e fife
wascbnfinedrt.ithDse.uarters
not however,. untft boht six
cords of wood had been chsurh
ed. v ...'.( x-.. ' - k
: (C. G. Shaw at the Record .of
fice sells insurance. ) 1
J Celebrates Birthday, j ,
LastWednesday ?Squire Burns
celebrated his'86th.barJhday. He
vftad a birthda'dinherpossum
and potatoes.', andTeceivea many
gifts fronwhis friejids. None(5f
hiSfdhiIdreri;were prEsent, but he
received le
also nis err;
Burns has "been-
stice-rO,-4he
MICKIE SAYS
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anacnifaren.v inquire
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MlSiST SUNDAY.
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Meeting Sandy Creek Assocla
tlon Mays Chapel Church '
iThe next union meeting of the
Sandy Creek Association will be
held with the Mays Chapel church
in! Chatham county, v five miles
'north .;. of ; .Cumnock, beginning
Saturday morning, Oct. 29, and
continuing through Sunday. All
the r; churches in the Association
are requested to I send messen
gers. The following is the program-arranged
by the committee;
aturdayf
10:00DeyotionaI 1 Meeting,
Rev. L. R.v Uixon, Ore HilL
10:30 Organization. jfY'Y'",:
10 :45- What the Layman Ex
pects of the Preacher," Victor
Johnson, Pittsboro: J. H. Hen
ley, Sanford.
11:15-"What -the Preacher
Expects of the Layman,' f Rev.
Jon. E.Ayscue, Carthage; Rev,
WlRiWaffPittsbora. - ,;
Ai45-''Financmgj the, King
dom," Rev.r O. A Keller, Aber
deen; W. M. Gilmorer Sanford. "
2 ;00 Devotional Meeting, Rev.
JobnKidd;:Bennett, yr h
245W 'PheTChurch's f Relation
to Law Enforcement, Dr. H:
W4Villian?, Jqnesboro;-RevtW;;
H.jl.X'awfion, 'Carthage.1
2:TiiHhtalu:ResponsibiL
ity," Rev. Fontain, , Siler City;
Rev. N. J, Toddt?Wake Fore3t.?r
. Sunday
10:00 Address, Dr. G. W.
Paschbl, Wake Forest. ,
ll:0OSfermon;w f Rev, f O. 'B.
Mitchell; Caiperoh; r
H.V. WILLIAMS, '
. W. B. WAFF, aS
w. m. gilmore; -
? Commi ttae.
Court in Session. '
r !. ; . .
r Superior court convened here
Monday with Judge E. H- Cran
mer presiding. - Owing to the
fact that many liquor cases and
the murder trial of Peter liogers
is to come up, many folks are in
atteiidahce v The Record will
publish' the -complete proceedings
next week.
3Ve lireVindvmff the Re'ord of-
i ficlsw&lix on
occupied, by J: C.- Lani as as a
grocery store and, tl leref o re,
prlriting' the" paper earlier than
usual and the court has d.ohe'very
little at the time we prj pt.
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Can you remember thatOhrist
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youth's Companion among: your
Christmas presents? ; You can
perhaps recall the titles of some
Oi; the serial stories m those ear
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member how every one in the
family wanted to rea .d your pa-
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eyents4co5anaea tsntne world's
fioings, witii; jsi.jecial -psg-es -for
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The BisstfesTof '1922 will be
crowded':itseiallstone.'3,short
stories; i eidLtorials, poetry, - facts
and fun.': 4 Subscribe now and re
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r. i The Youttts G()mpanion .52 ia
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THE YOUTH'S X DMRANION.
Commo nwealtb Ase . & St. Paul's
Boslonl' Mass. - ' -
n
ise-v-Lnerwise
Stolen Paragraphs. ljocalized by the
Editor to Teas His Friends
When in fear of ;hard luck,- the
Fillipino can now knock on
Wood... C '
4,How few think . justly' of the
thinking few;-
How mank t never think who
think they do." ; ' :
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Nothing is quite 'so . inconsis
tent as hunger. It comes 1 u n
bidden, is never welcome and de
parts only when' it is satisfied." .
Trouble comes mainly to .those
'" , 4 J
? Of course, if aquib:. in these
culumns is too pointed to please
you, it was intended . for the
other fellow. - - ;
- : Public office is a public trust,
and often an object of distrust.
No one can expect 'to make a
hit when they aim at nothing.; ;
:: All men make mistakes, t A few
admit them. jfc. x 't v -
The, fellow who tells all he
knows seldom knows - much to
tell. :;i-;:,,v...' iT
Whenever a girl begins to lec
ture a young man on economy
she is DreDaring to ' launch a her
bark on the sea of matrimony.
As building goes down build
ings .go up. j y;.;.:v.
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These are the days that we will
wish; for in a f e W months. . ,
; iore than one Inah'sraVerv
in larcrelv due to the fact that he
harmens to know the other man
is a coward.
f The best scenery to the aver
noTA auto tourist is the hand of
the speedometer.
Old Man Attends' Fair;
r
Although 87 years old and not
able to do a great deal of travel
in o- J. W. Perry, a confederate
Veteran of Siler City, attended
the State Fair last week one day
for the 49th consecutive ume.
Since 1872 he has seen every
Fair and has watched the pro-
orrpfia in thf- manufacturing and
aoTiVnltnralv industries in the
State. . He thinks that the char
acter of the entire Fair this year
is greatly. improved oyer any yet
held. :
Reopens Garage.
Colie Oldham has reopened his
nnvona 11131. this side of Bynum.
T4- m'U hiA rp.memberedr that he
mats. COWPfAiV burned last "Decern
ber by an explosion, and had to
abandon work since xnai-uiiie,
but he is now back on the job
doing his usual good work. He
has also put in an oil and gasoline
station.
i Services Sunday Night.
;, There will be preaching at the
Episcopal church ext Sunday
Stat 7:30 o'clock The pub
lie is invited to attend.
Pittsboro Alarket Report
""V nnoii are Daid on the
Pittsboro market for Chatham products
as yuutcu ' ,
.Cotton, 17 3-4
"Wheat, $1.40.
, Corn, 90.
Oats, 58. ;
Eggs, 35.
Hens, 25 pr
Young chickens,
30 to 40 per
Batter, 36 to 40.
Hams, 35.
Shoulders, 25.
Sides, 15.
Qreen hides, 3 to 3 1-2
doiton 45.
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ENGINEER COMING.
Will Advise Officials on Road Paving
y '" Problems in Chatham.' 1 '
.1 Ji
Harry P. 5rier, of Statesville,
N. C.,r. county engineers for. Ire
dell and Alexander counties, has
ben appointed -district engineer
for 1 he Asphalt Association; the
national paving organization.-,He
will make his headquarters in
Raleigh and, in the near future,
will begin regular visits to this
and nearby -towns for the pur
pose of , assisting the lcKjal street
and road officials in solving their
paving problema.. 0
The Asphalt Association, the
headquarters of which are in New
York, is largely composed of the
great Oil producers who recogr
nize asphalt to be one of petrole
um's most useful products. The
association is employing some of
the best : highway engineering
talent in the country to aid in de
veloping the most successful and
economical; types of paving. J.
E. Penhybacker, former chief
economist of the United States
Bureau of Publio- Roads, is sec
retary of the association and Pre-
vost Hubbard, former chiet oi
the Research Division, united
States Bureau of - Public Roads,
and a chemical engineer of re
nown, i one Of its specialists in
road construction, -
Mr. Grier ' is one of the most
successful and widely known en
gineers in the South. Durincr
thft late war he ma,de an enviable
reputation in tne , aviation corps,
U. S. Army. ' His j duties with
the Asphalt Association will' be
to aid highway engineers. - ;
, Good Samaritans.
The farmers in the neighbor
hood of T. O. Justice, in Hadley
township, are among the class of
people that can be depended upon
in any emergency. Mr. Justice
has been con fined to his home for
a number of v weeks with the Flu
ana or course, nis worK laggta
behind. Last Saturday quite a
number of his neighbors gath
ered at hi3 home, harvested his
crop, shu,cked the corn and stored
both it and .the forage. You do
not find just such people in every
county. Mr. Justice is improving
from his illness and feels very
srrateful to his friends for their
kindness. - ; v r?: :v-. -
' Centennial Celebration.
On Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week
Christ Church, Raleigh, celebrat
ed its centennial. Decorated for
the occasion, it stood ready to
receive its many sons and daugh
ters. Some of .the most famous
sons of the Old North State have
comniuned within its walla.
It was in Aupust, 1821. when
Raleigh was still a village, that
Christ Church parish was organ
ized. It was not until 1848, how
ever, that the erection of ;a per
manent buildincr was begun. The
same building is there today,
thoucrh it has been enlarged, it
still retains that simple beauty.
John nay wood, torty : years
treasurer oi tne state, was tne
first senior: warden: John Louis
Tavlor. Chief Justice of the Su
nreme Court, and William H;
Ha v wood, later. U. S. Senator,
were among its first vestry. Rev.
John Stark Ravenscroft, D. D
was the first rector of the parish
and the first bishop of the dip
cese. . . ;
Schools open Monday.
; An ordfir was issued by the
Bbard of Education at their last
meeting to the eff ect that all the
schools in Chatham county should
onen on'nekt Monday. October
31st A few of the schools hy
permission opened lagt
r
Monda. '
From Chatham County.
The Raleigh Times Saturday
carries a long article in regard to
C. T. Goodwin, on route 3, Aex,
a Chatham farmer, in which he
has a conference with Mrs. Van
derbilt, the president of tbe State
Fair. The exhibit by Mr. Good
win was a eood one and was
eleventh in the prize list.
BYNUM,
Misses, Fannie Hammock and
Ethel Hatch spent a few days
last week at. their homes near
Pittsboro.:- v ::v
Quite a number from here at
tended the Fair at Raleigh last
week . i All report a good time. ;
' Miss Lillian Cole, of near Chap
el Hill, .entered the high school
here 'last week. We are glad to
have Miss Lillian with us. '
The woods around Bynum . at
night are filled with the music of
the bark of the dog and holler-
ing of the opossum hunter; One
man in the village has; 14 opos
sums on hand now. Guess he will
get fat on "possum and taters."
' Born to ' Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Atwater Oct. 22, a fine girl, Li 1
lie Gannon Atwater. ;
. Mr. C. W. Neal and family and
Mrs, Fannie Hatch visited rela
tives at Durham Sunday. "'.
Mis. Brady, of Moncore,' visi
ted her mother, Mrs. Stephenson,
here Sunday. 0;" y
; Mr. Roy;Riggsbee -and family
visited Mrs. . Riggsbee's brother,
G. A. Hearne. near Chapel Hill
Sunday . . .. '
Miss Martha Jones spent: the
week-end with Miss Ada Sanders
near Hanks Chapel; .
j Mrs: R. S. Abernathy is spend
ing this i week with - Mrs. W. H.
Overacre at Pittsboro. ... '
Mr. and Mrs; J. R. Ellington,
of Hackney,1 visited their daugh
ter; Mrs, W. C. Abernathy, bun-
day.' ";-:'V'' yf f'y -;
' . Bob Fitchet, of Mohcure, was
here Sunday , 'sight seeing." ;
- .": HAW.'
V Modern Bungalow. ;
The many friehdsf 'Squire
J. R. Blair will be delighted to
know that he has determined to
make his residence m Pittsboro
nermanent and started this week
on the erection " of a, modern and
well aDDdintea oungaiow in ine
western part of town, on Siler
Citv street, on a lot near that of
his son, sheriff G. W. Blair, and
purchased from Harlowe lay lor.
Until the death of , his son,
Kemn Blair, a few weeks ago,
'Sauire Blair was undetermined
as to what he would do, continue
to reside here or return to his old
home in Hickory Mt township.
It is a source of pleasure to all to
know" that he intends to remain
with us; - . '
A Potato.
T. 6. Johnson, who lives about
7 miles' south of town in Oakland
townshio. brought '.he editor
potato Monday and we have it at
nnr nflfi(fi for VOU tO See. It is of
thA -P-)rto Rican - Yam variety
smoothly shaped, welt developed
and "nrm. - it weigns o pounua.
vf r .1 ohnshn raised a- number of
very large potatoes; although he
planted but a small paten.- nat
ham county certainly has a num
.ber of spleridid farmers. '
PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
flMUSL
The Cheerful Idiot who laughs ut
the Wrong Time has made More En
emies by his Untimely CacbJnnations
than the Kaiser. He laughs when you
Brag of your Son, and of the Fish
that Got Away, and when you Fall on
the Tc e nearly Busts a Rib. The
only Time he gets Serious is when
you Spring a Funny Story.
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Moncure School News.
School is progressing nicely.
We were glad to welcome May
Watson, of Osgood , and Guy
Womble Into'the High School this .
month, v :v ,,;V
There were four new pupils
added to the mUsic department '
astweekyw . j; -X
. Dr. Fuquay, sent out by the
State Board of .Health. N4visted
the school last week. . He treat
ed the teeth of fifty-five children
and saved1 the community about
two hundred dollars dentist bills.
There will be i a Hallowe'en
party next Friday night,. Oct 28,
at the school, building, r Every
body invited.', v ' : "; ''
The following pupils were pres
ent every day tbe first month of
school: ; .' '::J j'V'T-r't
11th grade: Clara Bell,- Amev
Womble. . y ----'i.' i
10th grade: " Annie; Lasater,
Annie ;Utley ;
9th grade: Katherine Hack-
ney, ; , raunn e , itay, is.atnerine
Thomas,LJames Utley, Jennings
Womble, ' Hilda Wilkie, ; time
Thomas, William Womble.,
8th grade: Delmas Hackney,
Evan Ray Mary, Womble, Glenn
Womble. r , , , ,
7tb grade: Burnice Womble,
Elizabeth Thomas, Ruth Womble,
Sam Utley, John Dismukes.
6th grade.' . Audrey Thomas,
Ida Money; : ;V
5th grade: Emma Hunt Annie
Lambeth; Eugene Lambeth, Mae
Womble.- - : .
4th grade : Katie Thomas, Lu-
cile Wicker.! , .
3rd grade :', Camelia Stedman,
J. L. Womble, , Allen Money, Lois
Ray, Dorothy,, Lambeth, Lee
Hunt ' ' " -
2nd grade: Burnice Huht, ' Al
fred Lambeth, Alex Nance, Bar
bara Orrell, Josephine Thomas,
Beatrice Wilkie: . ! ; .
; 1st grade.; Roberta Lambeth,,
Lucile Maynard, . Emma Lee
Mann, Roy Money, Gaddis Nance,
Lois Wilkie. r:
To Meet in Nashville.
The Publicity Committee of
the 30th Division informs the
R?cord that the. Old. Hickory As
sociation, composed of the veter
ans of the Thirtieth Division,' is
to hold its third annual reunion
in Nashville 'on November 4 arid
5.' The city is preparing to en
tertain them1 to the very best of
its ability, while General Persh
ing and other notables will at
tend , to do honor to the veterans-.
' TheVe is no man in the Caro
linas or Tennessee who -is not
proud of the Thirtieth Division,
whose infantry- first crossed the
defenses of the Hindenberg sys
tem in the North while its artil
lery at St. Mihiel and in the Ar
gonne was pounding away at the
Germans in the South.
Th6y are anxious to reach all
these soldiers and their comrades
at arms with the story of the re
union plans. - ' : .
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. Building Store. ;
W. L. Powell is haying, erect
ed a store on the ., corner . of his
residence lot on Depot street,
near the Seaboard station, and
will operate a grocery as- soon as
comploted, Mr. T. W. Hackney
has the contract for the building.
WANTED TO SELL!
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Farm, "100 acres, at Goldston, C,
on graded road.-; Dwelling, - out Wouses
and two tobacco' barns, good farfn land,
at a good town with good school, about
half the land in cultivation.
A 60-Acre.' Farm., about 30 acres
cleartd, 4-rqom dwelling with out
houses, church and school right close
up, on graded road two milea from Bear
Creek, N. C. '
A 39-Acre Farm, 3-4 miles frpm Bon
lee depot. 4-room dwelling with out
houses, mostly cleared, red land.
A 60-Acre Farm, about half cleared,
close up in Bonlee, no buildings on it;
fronts graded road,
A 50-Acre Farm, about 15 acres clear
ed, good strong land, dwelling weather
boarded and covered; two miles from
Bear Creek. A rare bargain.
If interested writ 'or come look at
the goods. Prices right. Terms easy.
;' ' Yours forpisiness, .
, ISAACS DUNLAP,
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