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The Chatham Record ' . i PER THAT'S IN EV V'tl unlR AND THE THE record is read EVERY WEEK BY AL MOST EVERY BODY THAT'S ANY BODY. ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOM ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878. PTTTSBORO. N. C, CHATHAM CO.. FRIDAY, JUNE 2. 1922 VOL. XLIY NO. 43 "Trecord is the Chatham Education sketches of the Development in 5 The County. (By Roy E. Cole) Chatam County was formed in 1770 from Orpnge, along with Wake and Guilford- Chatam was named in hon or 0f William Pitt, Earl of Catam, who had the interest of the colonies at heart, and rendered valuable ser vire to the cause independence. The jhief cause underlying the formatioi nt Chatam County was the griev- . ,1 t li it:iii 3nces ot tne u.eguiaturs. musDoro was a gathering place for the sur rounding country, and at times, nat urally, large crowds would gather there. The question of taxation was the main topic of discussion -As these uccple were so convinced that they were being defrauded by the county officals, this congregation occasionally grew into a mob. This mob gradually grew larger and larger only to end in the War of the Regulators. After the Regulators had been suppressed some way had to be devised to keep them from gathering in Hillsboro again. In 1770 Governor Tyron or dered that Orange County which had its seat at Hillsboro be divided. Chat ham was formed from the southern part while Wake and Guilford re ceived a good share of the remainder. The French Huguenots settled this portion of the State south of Hills boro and north of the Pee Dee River. These peopl e were quiet, amiable and energetic; never letting an op portunity pa.-s without taking advan tage of it. These French descendents realized the need of an education. They saw that their country could succeed only through the education of its people. There were no schools mid only a very few churches, yet the few were used for two great causes Religion school were linked together almost inoperable. A history of the early schools would be a history of the church. As the County became more thick ly settled the living conditions be came better, and the people began to take a greater interest in education. Those that could afford it, had pri vate instructors for their children; others that were not quite so fortun ate entered their children with those of their neighbors; but in many cases the child received very little instruc tion. Because of these conditions, be fore 1750, only about one third of the inhabitants Of Chatham County could read or write, or even go through the multiplication table up to three. The first step toward our present system of education was in 1786 in the foundation of the Pittsboro Aca demy, which had its greatest success after 1793, under Rev. William Bing ham. This noted educator was in charge of the Pittsboro Academy from 1793 to 1801. In 1801 he be came instructor at the University. He returned in a short while and re mained in charge of the Pittsboro Academy until 1808. The name of this academy was changed to Blake lv Academy, in honor of Capt. John son Blakelv who was lost in the war of 1812 with his ship, the Wasp. This name only lasted for a short while, as the school soon resumed its old name. The Pittsboro Academy, known today as the Pittsboro High School, has been, since its foundation in 1786, a pioneer in the education of our County. This school had reached such a standard that in 1833 it was able to prepare one to enter his junior year at the University. The next school that we have a record of is Haywood Academy which was chartered " in 1818, when there was great hope of laying the founda tion of a large city in the fork of Deep and Haw river. When the State capitol was burned in 1830, Haywood Academy was again char tered in an effort to get the State capitol located at that place. This school was only for boys, but in 1856 there was also a female school con nected with it. The first school that gave ladies an advantage of a higher education was the Pittsboro Female Academy. In 1823 this school was in charge of Miss Mary McKenzie. The Kelvin L School for Young Ladies, in Pitts boro, which had its greatest success about the year 1830 under the man agement of Solicitor Gen. Edward Jones. By 1844 there was also an other academy at this place known as the Pittsboro Female Seminary under Rev. William Thornton. In 1831 Chatam County had a school by the name of Tick Creek Academy, but in 1833 this frightful name was changed to Caldwell Aca demy. No doubt but that its failure in its first two years of existence could be traced dircetly to its name. The academies before 1830 were lo cated in the more centralized dis tricts, but after this date could be found in the country as well. In 1838 the Pleasant Hill Academy, six miles south of Pittsboro, under Rev. Bax ter Clegg rose to such importance that one time it was a close rival of the larger academies in Pittsboro and Haywood. Pittsboro added another school to its list in 1839, known as Corbias Select Female School, located one-half mile from town. The year that our present school system went into effect, 1840, there were seven private academies in Chat ham. An academy in our pioneer dys of education answered for the same purpose that a high school does today. The enrollment in many cases was limited to as low as twenty Students, but generally it was unlim ited. These academies received no outside aid, only an occasional gift or donation. Our present school system of state and county cupport and control went mto effect in 1880. Owing to the cost of building the school houses, very bttle returns were received from the State schools before 1850. By 1853 Chatham Countv had 45 schools scattered irregularly through- me county, but only 3 were tau- Only 2165 out of the 5000 children of school age were enrolled in these 37 schools. Ihe average school ran five months, WHAT MR. BEAL SAYS. Old Chathamite Writes of Boyhood Days. Chatham Record: The weekly vis its of the dear old Record with its great number of wideawake corres pondents from all parts of the coun ty, gives its many readers at rare treat every time it comes into our homes, many of them reporting sad news along with the pleasant news, but among it all every body hears from every one else in the entire county. When my paper arrives as it always does on Saturday, my first impulse is to read first your valuable editorials. I then turn to see what is going on about Bear Creek and Gold ston or Old Antioch church near Goldston. These are very interesting to me although there are many there now that I never knew, but there is fre quently mentioned people that I have hnown, and it brings old memories back when I was a boy, there where my father lived, on a place he bought from Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Burns, which was a part of the Henry Fields place. At this place he lived and died and is buried at Antioch church yard and mother is buried beside him. My father built the first church that was put up there when he . was a young man. It was there that I first went to school, just 15 days the school was stopped for some rea son, I don't happen to know. In those days we didn't have the advantage of schools as they have now, for they were only about two months and at most not more than 3 months in the year and run in the winter at that, when it was too cold for anything. My next schooling was Meronies, it was taught by my cousin, W. A. Beal, and I had to go 3 miles to get to it. Later they built a small school house by the name of the Moses and that was two and half miles. It was taught by Misses Carrie and Delia Vestal. My class mates were Garland and Willie Green, who were grandsons of Rev. Thomas Moses, and I have heard that both of these good boys have turned out to be preachers of the gospel.. These boys were the best of all my recollections for their kind ly spirit and I know that must have made good preachers. If I had got ten a few more years of schooling I too, might have made a preacher. While attending Sunday school and church at Antioch, I was opportuned to join in with them and let them send me to Elon College and try to make a preacher out of me, but I knew that with what little education I had that that was out of the ques tion, and I had to turn it down, and I have many times wished that I had the opportunity that all children now have to make good at anything that might come along, that the Lord might want me to do. Respectfully Yours, L. K. BEAL. Box 319, Ashville, N. C. DEATH OF MRS. MOODY. Other Local Matters of Interest -From Bear Creek. Bear Creek, Rt. 2, May 29. Mrs. Elizabeth Moody, wife of the late T. B. Moody, died at her home last Mon day, May 22nd. Mrs. Moody has been in poor health for several months. She was born July 26, 1839, being 82 years, 9 months and 26 days old. She was married in early life to Timothy B. Moody, and to this union were bom 12 children, seven of whom have preceded her to the great be yond. She is survived by five sons, Messrs. O. L., J. A., S. S. and S. T., of Bear Creek, and George of Geor gia. It can well be said a goo si woman has fallen: but our loss is her gain. Miss Izone and Master Carlton Burke, of Greensboro, are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. H. W. Mur ray. "Bill" Hackney of Greensboro, is visiting in and around Bear Creek. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Smith were business visitors to Greensboro last week. Rev. L. V. Coggins, of Semora, was a visitor in the home of his father, last week. Mrs. Susan Phillips, of Norfolk, Va., is visiting relatives on Route 2, and also on Siler City, Route o. Monie Headen, wife of George W. Headen, colored, died at her home Friday night, the 26th. She was one of the most highly respected colored persons in the whole community. Mrs. E. J. Waddell and children are visiting Mrs. Waddetl's father, R. L. Phillips. Mr. -and Mrs. W. A. Coggins spent Sunday in Siler City, visiting in the home of P. G. Maulden. The Bear Creek baseball team de feated the Goldston-Sanford team 17 to 11 on the former's ground Satur dav afternoon. Parks, the Sanford hurler, was knocked out of the box in the 2nd inning. The visitors used four pitchers to- stop the slugging of the home team, but to no avail. The special features of the game were a home run by G. Burke, the "Babe Ruth" of the "Cubs", when the bases were full and the pitching of Moses for the locals. Batteries Bear Creek, Moses ana Mopre. Goldston S. .Parks, 'raiser, Palmer and Phillips. - There will be Children's Memorial Day exercises at Meronies M. hi. church, Sunday, June 11th. The pub lic is most cordially invited to attend. The cemetery at Meronies will be cleaned off Friday, June 9th. Those interested please come and help. "PHIL." A Double Header. Last Saturday was the scene of a double marriage at the home of Squire John R. Blair and were wit nessed by a number of people who were there. Ben Jones, of Chapel Hill, was united in marriage to Miss Mamie Pautin, of Bynum, and Lennie Sauls, of Chapel Hill, took Miss Rachael Gardner, of Bynum, for bet ter or "worser". Both couples were married under, the same service, Squire Blair, this time making four hearts beat as two. This is the first opportuniyt the Squire has ever had of a double wedding in his long experience. STOKES-LANE. Marriage of Miss Lane to Dr. Stokes Thursday. Contributed. The wedding of Miss Mary Lyall Lane and Dr. Percy Bethel Stokes was solemnized at the home of the bride on Thursday evening at 7 o' clock. The ceremony was performed by the bride's pastor, Rev. H B. Por ter, on the spacious porch, which was decorated with trailing ivy, pines and cut flowers. A beautiful arch mid way of the porch made a meeting place for the bride, and groom. First came Mr. Charles Stokes, brohter of the groom, who ushered to. the piano, Miss Kate Houston attired in a beau tiful white crepe de chine gown; Miss Mary Cole, in a lovely pink organdy dress and hat to match; Miss Mary Stokes wearing orchid organdy frock and hat to match. Two violin solos, "Souvenir" and "Schubert's Sere nade", were rendered in a most charming manner by Miss Cole. Miss Stokes then sweetly sang "At dawn ing" To the strains of the wedding march rendered by Miss Houston, the bride's maids Miss Eugenia Lane, sister of the bride, and Miss Hilda Gorrell came from the front door and met Messrs. T. W. Stokes and J. B. Stacy, who had approached from the side door, and, alternately crossing, took their respective places on each side of the altar. Next came Miss Elizabeth Brooks and Cara Wrenn who met their partners Messrs. Numa Carter and J. Foust Lane. These were followed by Misses Berniece Foust and Olivia Woosley with Messrs. Ir- vin King and David Wright. The bride s maids wore pastelle shade of organdy, hats to match, and corsages of sweet peas, forming with their partners a rainbow at the altar. Miss Margaret Lane, sister of the bride, who was maid of honor, came from the side door and took her place at the altar. She was attired in a lovely Copenhagen blue georgette dress and hat to match, wearing a corsage of sweet peas. Next came the bride leaning on the drm of her father who met the groom and his brother, Mr. R. A. Stokes, who ser ved as best man. "To a Wild Rose" was softly rendered on the piano and violin while the very impressive cere mony was performed. The bride was more beautiful than ever, and was attired in a lovely traveling suit of two tone brown and blue with accessories to match. She is the attractive and accomplished daughter of Ex-sheriff, Leon T. Lane. Miss Lane is a graduate of Greens boro College of the class of 1921. The groom is a graduate of U. N. C. and Jefferson College, having prac ticed for a number of yeara in Can ada. He is now a prominent physi cian of Rockingham county, living at Ruffin, N. C. Amid heartiest congratulations and best wishes the bride and broom left immediately for Northern points. The large number of handsome and useful gifts attested the popularity of the young couple. Besides the large concourse of friends who gathered to witness the ceremony there were from a distance the following. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Stokes, parents of the groom; Mr. Tom Chandler, of Ruffin; Dr. Tanksley, of Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Plouk, of Kings Mt.; Mrs. J. J. Hooker and Elizabeth Daniels of Dillsboro; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Thompson and Elizabeth Cha pin of Pittsboro; Misses Sadie Jenk ins of Nashville, Mozelle King of Greensboro, and Lula Faye Clegg of Charlotte; Misses Sue Ellis and Mar tha White of Ramseur. After the ceremony the guests were invited indoors. They were met at the hall door by Mrs. W. R. Thompson, who ushered them into the gift room. There Misses Hilda Gorrell and Cara Wrenn asked the guests to record their names in the Bride's Book. Presiding at the Punch bowl in the hall were Misses Eliza beth Chapin and Elizabeth Brooks. Mrs. J. N. Foust, Jr. met the guests at the door of the dining room, where block cream and cake were served by Mrs. J. C. Kirkman and Misses Woosley and Margaret Lane. The color scheme of pink and white was effective throughout the house. THE FAIR CATALOGUE. The Chatham County Fair Associa tion has prepared the copy for the next annual catalogue and the prin ters will begin at once to print it. This will take some two or three weeks and then the books will be dis tributed. Those who may desire ad vertising space in the catalogue should make it known as promptly as possible. A sDecial feature of the catalogue this year will be the poultry industry. being carried on in Chatham coun ty, and all those who are so engaged will have an opportunity of taking advertising space that will greatly benfit them, at a nominal cost. Communicate at once with J. B. .Tohnstun. Secretary. Siler City, N. C. for any informaiton relative to the book. CONVENTION TO MEET The Chatham County Interdemoni national Sunday School Association will meet in convention with Pleasant Hill M. E. Sunday School on Sunday, July 30th, 1922. All white Sunday schools are es pecially invited to organize into township groups and send delegates from each school, their superintend ent and pastor as honorary members. Come and hear the eloquent ad dress bv our state superintendent, D. W. Sims. Your dues will be only 50c. per school. Any township unorganized will please notify the county president, who will come to your aid with free literature and blanks. You can also secure the services of Dr. J. D. Gregg as a speaker and organizer for the asking. If you are unorganized in your township, please let me hear from you at once C. E. DUNCAN, County Pres. 666 cures Chills and Fever. BENNETT BUDGET. Personal and Local Notes of Interest To Our Readers. Bennett, May 29. Born to Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brown, a kirl. The little girl twin of Mr. and Mrs. Ide Hammer died the day she was three weeks old. Her health had been good up to fifteen minutes before her death, the cause of which is unknown. They had named her u.t Aline, two yerr o'd fear4sr " Mr. and Mrs. Arthur CaH. liv:rg H miles north of Bsnrett, is jtW ' h died of bowel trouble hnjt ! Mr. W. S. Gardner is having wi store building nit"J Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Scott of Greens boro, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives here. William Bray and family, of Greensboro, have just moved to Ben nett to stay. Mr. Bray is putting up a substantial residence hear the cor? Koraion line on the Rainbow road Irs. Bray is authority for the statement that this is their last move. Mr. Will Moody, of High Falls, was in Bennett on business Saturday. Messrs Eli and Bill Phillips, of Hick ory Grove were in Bennett Sunday. The B. C. Routh family have moved for the summer to their farm six miles north of Ashboro, but will re turn when school begins. The Friends' quarterly meeting at the ancient home church, at Holly Springs, had a large attendance Sun day, many families of Bennett being there. With his side passenger motor cy cle, a Mr. Maness of Moore County, hubbed Earl Brown's car here Sun day in his endeavor to go around, was thrown in front of Mr. Browns car and was badly bruised and his cloth ing just about ruined. But after pin ning up the pieces the young cyclist motored on toward Moore. "TOPSY TURVEY." Pittsboro School Commencement (Written Especially For this paper) Old Pittsboro School made a bril liant display and shone at her best on the eight day of May; when teach and puipls their work laid aside, gave proof of their progress with justified pride. A vision, magnificient, fit for the screen, fair maidens like flowers adorning the scene. Each exercise ren dered, each song and each act show ed skill and experience, patience and tact. ' Now any description would be incom- Elete that failed to make mention of octor Poteat; for all who could hear him felt thrills of delight, completely unconcious of time and its flight; and proudly we heard when he ventured to say that old Caroling was leading the way. And then the unveiling; how fit ting a close to honor those heroes who thwarted our foes. We'll ever re member those boys of the war who battled so bravley in regions afar; they nobly defended ideals that we prize, and dared all dangers the foe could devise. Their names are en graved on that tablet of stone, but men will remember when tablets are gone. "A splendid occasion," the verdict of all, and one we will often with pleasure recall. May Pittsboro sehool with her banners held high, keep smashing her records as the years go by. (Please ask the dear seniors to send the address of the guy they re ferred to as "P. A. C hess.") "NIMROD" Frosty, N. C. ALMOST FREEZING. Postmaster Junius Wren, who keeps tract of chronological events in Siler City, informs the editor that at 6 a. m. on Monday the mercury reg istered just 40 degrees above zero. Dangerously near the freezing point. Weather of this character and con tinued so long is calculated to delay farm activities to a serious degree. We remember that on the 28th day of May, twenty years ago.that weath er of this same character prevail ed, although at that time it did freeze and a cold rain followed for several days afterwards. It was the wedding day of the editor and who wouldn't remember the events of an occasion like that? This occured how ever, in the extreme western part of Virginia where the mountains pre dominate and the atmosphere is en tirely different from the low lands and sand hills. Two Invalids. L. T. Morris and E. E. Morris, who wr0 rniscri in Smith ("Jeorcia. nassed through Siler Citv Monday, enroute to Wilmington, where they have a . tneir aving irom tne sioptuus oi u sister living. Each of these men had ciety. Like mongrels, they offend so a wagon especially made in which to ' ciety in countless ways. Society can travel. L. T., has been an invalid for ; see in them nothing whatever of good. 9 years while his brother E. E., has i They do not pay tax, they contribute been confined to his bed for 24 years. I nothing to society or government; Thev live all the time in the open air, 1 could they be abated, it would relieve traveling in the covered wagons and the world of a distressing problem, depend upon charity for a living, j Many of them are without the grati They go from here via Sanford, Aber- j tude or the loyalty, the sympathy or deen, Raeford and on to Fayettevnie, thence to Wilmington. A small son of T. L. Morris is the only assistance they have on the journey. About The Comma. Monroe Enguirer. We all remember the smart school dogs being killed, for not a lew went boy who wrote in bold hand on the out and altogether rescued a score of blackboard, "Bill Smith Says Teacher the condemned vagrants. Dr. J, A. is a Fool!" The teacher, and no Long rescued five without a word and doubt a good one, surveyed the- leg- ! went his way. But the dogs that least end with complacency. The boys, ! appealed to the fancies of those who watching with much interest the out- j made a last minute effort to save come, saw their mentor take a piece some of the animals, went down un of chalk, nonchalecitly place a comma ! der the police bullets. "Have to do after Smith and teacher. Lo and be- it," explained a. citizen, avowing hold, "Bill Smith, Says Teacher, is a sympathy but looking at the practi Fool." j cal side of it; "or we would have an- The comma is within itself a very other Constantinople right in our humble mark of punctuation, but has midst." Yes, it had to be done but a world of meaning when properly it is nonetheless a pull on a man's or improperly placed. Once a printer sympathies for a lot of dogs to be set up a poster to advertise an ad- killed because they had no home. dress by a militiant suffragette. Herj subject was, "Woman: Without Her, How do banks make so much mon Man Would Be a Savage. When the i ? Qut of flve banks in a certain speaker called for the posters the countv in this state, the deposits are prooireaaer naa to 'yc Wyy denly for the flaming sheets said 'Woman, Without Her Man, Would Be a Savage." ANOTHER FALSE IMPRESSION. Candidates in Extremis and Resort to -Wrong Statements. It is being currently reported over Chatham county that two years ago Victor R. Johnson took no part in the campaign and also voted the Re publican ticket. Listen, folks, if you have heard that report let me hasten to tell you that it is untrue. It is also being told that he did not take any part in the fighting in the world war, but attended a law school dur ing the time. Let me again remind vou that this is a deliberate false hood. In justice to Victor Johnson who made the sacrifice to VOLUNTEER for army service and go to France to fight, I desire to tell you just ex actly the truth about him. Lacking only 12 days, he was in France twelve months. He was in the first line trenches in the Voges Mountains for about four weeks and on Novem ber 11th he was in the Meuse Ar gonne Forest actively engaged in the fighting, where he had been for sev eral days. H& went to France with Machine Gun Co., 323 Inf., and re mained with the same outfit as an active member until after the Arm istice was signed and all the fighitng over. Now in regard to the election. Two years ago in the November election he voted the entire, straight Demo cratic ticket. During the canmaien preceding the election, he made speeches over Chatham countv for the party. When he left with the army four years ago, he left his ab sentee vote with W. P. Horton and he mailed his ballot for the general election four years ago, from Ma lonne, France, a full Democratic tick et. When we asked Mr. Johnson about these matters he offered to swear to the truthfulness of the above state ments, but we would not let him do it. Now folks we ask you to stand by a man, who in the days gone by did all he could for you. He took your place and helped make this country a safe place in which to live. Will you measure up to your duty? CHATHAM COUNTY CLUB. (Special to The Record.) Chapel Hill. May 26. A most en joyable meeting of the Chatham coun ty Club was held in the Club room of the Y. M. C. A., tonieht. The meet ing was presided oyer by the presi dent, Mr. J. O. Harmon, who in a Vry appropriate way dispatched the meeting. Mr. Harmon emphasized the fact that the Club should have closer tfellowship in order that it may co operate in studying the advantages of the University and of higher educa tion to the coming generation of Chatham. The president then introduced Mr. Coley Griffin, who is an old Chatham man, now cashier of the People's Bank. Mr. Griffin expressed his interest in. the Chatham boys and that he 'was proud of their success at Carolina. During the meeting refreshments were served, then each one present told his latest and biggest joke. At the close of the meeting the fol lowing officers were elected for the year: President Thomas Dark, Siler City. Vice-President Thomas Little, Gulf. Treasurer C. O. Stout, Siler City. R.E.C and R. A. L. A SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS. Greensboro News. A crime in the eyes of lovers of dogs; a necessity in the eyes of man-made law at any rate, a slaugh ter of innocents, was the wholesale killing yesterday of some two score dogs, picked up and imprisoned and sentenced to die for offending society by having no home, no owner, and nobody who would pay the $1.75 tax demanded of the law. A nuisance, said the law, that must be abated; but the dogs couldn't understand it. They had looked upon man as their friend, for had not they and their forbears immemorially been friends to man his best friends? Under the shadow of the scaffold, so to speak, they still looked for reprieve, for when one approached city pound the condemned, as one dog, rushed to the barriers, "every tail waving a mad message of welcome." Then the fusil lade and a pitiable lot of carcasses because they had no home. Over the face of the earth roam thousands of men who have no ! home: Like mongrels, they pick up tne capacity ior irienuamp, uA any one of the mongrels killed yesterday at city pound. But nobody would think of rounding them up and shooting them, for all that. And some Greensboro people could not any more tolerate the idea of the . jy $245,993.57. . a fc 666 PRESENT DAY CONDITIONS Buck Has Some Interesting gestions to Make. Sug- There never was so much to be written about as there is today, yet we are at loss as to how or where to begin. I have read much for the last 25 years hoping that peace and hap piness would come to the American people and war would cease for ever. But as I read the daily papers one day it says all things are brightening up and all is going to turn out well. And yet tomorrow's papers will say the clouds of warfare gathering and our boys who are so happy today may be cannon fodder for the next war. Such being the case, it saddens the heart to even anticipate another war. As to what I think or believe amounts to but little in this big world. But I fear we are suffering for the want of a leader that the people can and will follow. There never was as many organizations all over the Uni ted States as there is today and all of them profess to be in some way or another to be working for the uplift their fellow men. Never was there more preaching being done than today, and an large cities they take in members of the churches by the hundreds and we imagine we are about to go over the top, and we say the world is getting better. But on the next page we find as many as nine murders and suicides in one city in one night. It is as common to hear of men shoot ing each other as -to hear of a birth. Well, if all the organizations that are at work for the uplift of human-, ity can't succeed, what, u w goin, to do? Well I guess we wi.. many of the women running for office in the next election and I am thinking they will run well, as thier dresses will not be in their way, I a hoping that the women will be aL... to purify pol itical parties and ?.jo be put in of fice, those who will ueal honestly with our money and our fellow man. I am also hoping that it won't be so hard to get young men to serve on the jury when there are some pretty young girls on too. Well, what will you do old man if I get on and the jury hangs and the Judge locks us up, oh, I'll just sing, "Oh where is my Wife tonight", I have been here a long time and have seen one generation pass away, I can truhtfully say for worldly en joyment it is better today than in a hundred years. We have about all that we need and much of it is badly advised. It is said that we reap what we sow and getting a good harvest is at hand. You can't say we other fellows are to blame because we are all in the same boat and going at a sixty mile clip burning lots of gas, but the spiritual part is too weak to bum or give any light. One of the joys of my boyhood to the mother, was my boys and girls are with me tonight, not so today, but oh, where are they? But to sum it all up in a few words when sex barriers are broken down and womanly modesty is discarded ir relations with the other sex then con ditions are getting bad and hurtful to us all. But the young men of today are enjoying liberties, such as no gen eration of young American men have ever before indulged in. "BUCK." THE AD. DOES IT. Being "there with the goods'.' in the first important step toward; profitable business, and the next ir in letting the buying public know, through the advertising column of a daily newspaper. In this connection The Lagrange (Ga.) Graphic tells an interesting local story which illustrates the point. "We called the attention of one of LaGrange's shrewd business men to the fact that hundreds of dollars are going out of LaGranga every week for merchandise that couid be p.u chased rijrb: here. He remarked that a t vain Atlant a concern was advertising an article for a certain price which it is claimed, could be bought in LaGrange for Jess. But the people do not know that they an buy fj-e article in LaGrnnpe at any pivce because the LaGrange merchant does not advertise, while the Atlai r: merchants advertise all the tr-:'- and througi the Atlanta Daper; r-jjches more than 5,000 fam ilies in Tioi.p county. ' This is biinging thinrs home to the smaller cities, who nae the goods but may not use the printed word to "teli the world." The business sign over the mer chants door does its work to a certain extent, but it is the business sign m the standard home newspa per daily or weekly that attracts the greatest attention and is read by the greatest number. The advertising pages of the newspaper from the index to other business of the town. That is where the buyer looks for news of the product which may be a money- saver to him. riis Diggest snop ping is done in the advertising de partment. .. And besides, he not only advan ces his own commercial prosperity by the amount of honest advertising he does, but helps his home paper and boosts his home town. It's the alert regular , advertising merchant in every community who gets his full share of what ever bus prosperity there is. Advertising does the work. Everybody For Johnson and Williams. Seems like the whole of Chatham county will vote for Victor Johnson for the senate and Clawson Williams for solicitor. Nearly every day we see or have a letter from some person that tells that his or her township will vote for them. Mrs. J. T. Rosser, over at Cummock, in sending in her renewal to the paper, says: "I am in favor of Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wil liams in the primary on June 3. With best wishes, to you and your paper, I am yours respectfully." j o Subscribe for The Record, it's only $1.50 for a whole year. 666 cures Malarial Fever. MRS. WRENN DEAD. Funeral Held in Siler Saturday. City Last Mrs. Emily Wrenn died at the home of her son, L. L. Wrenn, in Sil er City last Friday night at nine o' clock. She had been in failing health for several weeks, therefore her death was not unexpected. The pas sing of this splendid woman who was in her seventy-ninth year, . removed from the county one of our oldest citizens and one who was held in the highest esteem by all those who v privileged to know her. The funeral services were conduc ted vat the residence in Siler City at Four o'clock Saturday afternoon ard was attended by a large number of friends and relatives. Rev. J. D. Wil liams, pastor of the M. P. church, of which Mrs. Wrenn was a devoted member, conducted the service, the music being furnished by members from all the choirs of the three lochl churches. The floral designs were many and beautiful. Interment was made at Oakwood cemetery by the side of the deceased's husband, Wil liam Wrenn, who died several years ago. Surviving are one son, Los L. Wren and one daughter, Mrs. James L. Griffin of Pittsboro. FIVE MILLION TONS FERTILIZER Will Cost Millions of Dollars Com parisons made. (By John Paul Lucas.) Raleigh, May 1. North Carolina will use this year probably 900,000 tons of fertilizer at a cost of approx imately $27,000,000. The total is nearly three times the value of last year's sweet potato crop in North Carolina; nearly four times the value of the peanut crop; more than one-third the value of the tobacco crop; more than four time? the value of the wheat crop; two thirds the value of the entire corn crop; nearly twice the value of the hay crop; and more than 40 per cent of the value of the cotton crop. Of the $27,000,000 which North Cai olina will spend this" year for fertil izer, something like $13,500,000 will be for nitrogen. This element, the mostly costly ingredient of fertilizer, may be produced at home instead of being purchased if farmers will but diversify their crops and produce le gumes, such as clover, vetch, cow peas, velvet beans, soy beans and others. On a farm which nrodi"es feed for its livestock, particulaly where a considerable number of cattle are kept, the production of ample le gumes is so altogether logical that it can hardly be avoided, and of course, the legumes are returned to the soil in the form of manure. On farms where sufficient livestock are not kept to consume the quantity of legumes which should be grown in order to- provide the nitrogen requir ed for fertilizer, clover, velvet beans, ,:ow peas or other legumes should be grown simply for green manure to be turned under purely for the bene nt to be derived from the fertilizer slements and humus. It is rather difficult for a short sighted farmer to make. up his mind ;.o turn under a good growth of clov sr or any other legume. If he could see one, two, three or four years ahead it would not be so hard. Land of comparatively low fertil ity frequently has its productivity doubled through the turning under of one legume crop. The farmers who are moving ahead most satisfactorily are those who not only study means of making monr; but means of saving money, and a farmer who can, in the course of a few years, cut his fertilizer expendi tures practicaly in half through the use of legumes is certainly saving money. He simply banks it in the soil where it can be drawn out through larger crop yields during the succeed ing years. This is a big step in "Liv ing at Home" and in winning econom ic independence. At the end of this year North Car olina will have used more than 5,000,000 tons of fertilizer during the past .seven years at a cost of $150, 000,000. Unquestionably it pays to use fertilizer, and North Carolina farmers have cotten Brood results from the fertilizers they have used, but it does not pay to expend ten, twelve of fifteen million dolars a year for nitrogen which the farmer can himself draw from the air above his head through the growth of le gumes. PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN Every town has a Good Ole Scout who takes a Healthy Interest In Every thing that's going on. Nothing es capes his Eagle Bye or Eager Ear and he's a reg'lar News Mine for the Edi tor. Were It not for the Volunteer Reporter, the Paper would not be So Newsy sometimes. Here's to you, Ola Scout ! BUILD A HOME. (Continued From Page 4.)
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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