THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. C.
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Established in 1878 by H. A. London.
Entered at Pittsboro, N. C, as Second
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THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Colin G. Shaw, Editor and Owner.
Friday, January 6, 1922
THE BONUS BILL
The law allowing an officer $50
as a reward for conviction of a
blockader for manufacturing
whiskey was enacted by A. C.
Ray, represenative in the Legis
lature, in March, 1919, and ap
plied only to Chatham county.
Prior to this time there was not
an average of five persons a year
tried before the courts in this
county for making whiskey. It
is true that stills were captured
prior to this time, but the zealous
officer who wanted to capture the
luen in the liquor manufacturing
business, could not get enough
men to surround the places and
take the lawless element into cus
tody without the promise of com
pensation. Since this law was passed, a
little more than two years ago, a
number of life time blockaders
have been captured, tried, con
victed and sentenced to the roads
in Chatham county. The county,
under the law, became enabled
to establish and maintain a chain
gang of its own, instead of send
ing prisoners to other counties as
was done prior to this time.
During the time this law has
been in force the liquor violators
have had no rest day or night,
and Sheriff Walker Blair recent
ly stated that if the law had re
mained in force that Chatham
county would have been free of
this class of violators within an
other year.
Representative Leon T. Lane
made an attempt to repeal this
law at the regular session of the
Legislature last year, but was
held up by the request of the
good people of Chatham county,
but at the recent special session,
paying no attention to appeals
made to him, he repealed the law,
thereby making a complete and
unconditional surrender to the
violators of the prohibition laws
in Chatham county.
Yes, some folks continue to
make an effort to have you be
lieve that it cost the county too
much money. It HAS NOT
COST Chatham county a penny;
on the other hand, it has saved
it many dollars. Since the en
actment of this law the county
has spent more than $300,000 on
roads and bridges and has paid
from $2.00 to $4.00 a day for free
labor.
Therecoidsof the county will
show that the total cost, includ
ing the $50 bonus paid, when a
conviction was had, the the coun
ty was enabled to maintain the
chain gang at a cost less than
50c per day per convict, and we
are advised that the county has
fed these prisoners for about 30c
per day, making the labor cost
the county not exceeding 80c per
day, with possibly a slight ever
head expense.
It was Judas who denounced
the cost of the annointment upon
our Saviours' head. Beware! It
is rot a Judas. An Angel of
Darkness is now yelling, COST,
COST.
OUR PARTNERS
Since The Record was publish
ed last week, the editor has re
ceived a great many letters, the
most of them containing a remit
tance for the paper for another
year, as well as a large number
of people who have come into our
office, shucked out the shekels,
give us the long green, and in
addition seventy-five per cent of
these letters and men and women
that came to see us great encour
agement by praising the stand
we have taken for the moral up
lift of the county. One very en
thusiastic subscriber said if The
Record failed to provide susten
ance to let him know and he
would supply the funds for oper
ation add see that we were well
fed besides. On a visit to Siler
City on Saturday, a very dear
friend, offered his
unconditionally for
so on.
Then on Sunday the pastor of
the Methodist church here, Rev.
J. J. Boone, saw fit to endorse
our labor publicly to his congre
gation and add his determination
of assistance. Just a few more
determined men and women in
Chatham county like that and we
can abolish the liquor traffic at
home at least.
Now, folks, we sincerely ap
preciate every word of encour
agement yon have given us, and
in view of the fact that we do
not keep a stenographer, we take
this method of answering your
your letters and to thank you for
support. The Chatham Rec
ord will stand firm to the last.
pocket-book
our use, and
CORINTH
Miss Georgia Alexander, who had
been visiting relative at Buckhorn,v re
turned to Washington, D. C, Monday.
"Wedding bells are ringing" at Buck
horn this New Year's Day. A double
cause for joy and celebration, or at
least for noise and demonstration, and
out of the din and confusion comes the
announcement of the marriage of N.
M. Thomas, of the Buckhorn bunch, to
Miss Cox, of Lee county. r. Thomas
is a promising young man and a valued
employe of the C.P.L.& Co. Mrs. Thom
as is a very estimable young lady.
Misses Bland and Johnson, who spent
the holidays in Pittsboro, returned to
their school work in Corinth Monday
morning.
On the last Friday before Christmas
we looked up from our office desk out
through the window and saw two young
ladies in a Dodge car, cheerily waving
us a hurried goodbye, merry Christ
mas, happy New Year, etc., but the
Dodge was going so fast and the driver
was so small and obscure that we could
not distinguish who the happy an was.
Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Sexton have re
turned from a visit with relatives in
Raleigh.
Roy Cole has returned to his school
work at Chapel Hill, after spending
the holidays with his sister, Mrs. D. A.
Clark at Corinth.
Mrs. D. A. Clark and Mrs. R. L.
Wilson are visiting Mrs. W. A. Allen
at Eilerbe for a few days.
Last week's items were in error con
cerning the ownership of a lost derby
hat. Lonnie Mims deposes, makes af
fidavit an,d says that he can prove that
the hat was there and is now the prop
erty of Berge Dickens, and that Berge
lost the hat himself while trying to
keep up with Amos Rollins, as Amos
scoured the neighborhood proclaiming
the glad news of "Christmas, 1921."
It further transpires that what Amos
lost was about one foot off the lower
end of each trouser leg and all of each
sock above his shoe tops as he scram
bled through the many wire fences
without taking time to open the gates.
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Special Deputy of New Hope Makes
Comment.
I note Leon T. Lane, representative
in the Legislature, has repealed the $50
that liquor dealers, convicted of violat
ing the prohibition law, had to pay his
prosecutors. I am advised it was done
under the pretense that some officer
might swear falsely for the reward and
it was also claimed that it cost Chatham
county something. Neither of these
motives can be sustained among intelli
gent people.
Lane himself was elected for 10 suc
cessive years to the best office in Chat
ham county and no one will suggest
that he was dishonest because he got
his pay. The Solicitor gets a fee every
time he convicts and the lawyers who
represent the defendant, 1 am told, av
erage over $50 per case. The preacher
and the school teacher get their pay,
and it is right. People in all walks of
life should have reasonable compensa
tion, but it seems the blockaders have
succeeded in convincing our Represen
tative that they are entitled to immun
ity, and that officers must not be paid
for their service when liquor is at stake.
This law did not cost Chatham a penny.
It is true when the convicted ones were
worked on the roads, the county paid
all cost, but I am told that a lot of
counties other than Chatham needed
them as they were cheaper labor than
we could get otherwise, and I am ad
vised the court cost including the liquor
bonus of S50 did not run abo e 50 cents
per day for the labor.
This $50 bonus law was passed for
Chatham county in March, 1919. Prior
to that time there was rarely ever a
defendant in court for maKing whiskey.
The officers could get the still but they
could not get sufficient assistance to
apprehend the criminal. After the
passage of this law we have had, I
think, about all the'courts could do and
have convicted most defendants (Bob
Thompson being an exception) and are
maintaining a road force which we were
unable to do before.
It is a sad story that we have to tell.
Ray gave us the law that would have
destroyed liquor in Chatham in a short
time had it been let alone, but Lane,
the man whom we fattened for 10 years,
and then was honored with a seat in the
Legislature, has sacrificed our only hope
of making Chatham fit to live in and
made it to the Devil and his Angels for
that is as good a name as the man who
is planning the destruction of your home
is entitled to.
1 Let us go into politics this year in
' plenty of time, and not for the purpose
of electing any one to office because he
can buy his way, but for the sole pur
pose of redeeming Chatham co mty for
God and righteousness and protect the
lovely homes which a kind Heavenly
Father has placed at our disposal.
Respectfully,
C. L. LA.SSITER,
Special Deputy, New Hope.
That's Right.
A measure which aims to teach the
children how to play appears to be
not without merit when the schools
are being urged to do so much that
probably does not add to the joy of
youthful life. Boston Transcript.
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