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fpg The -Chatham Record iii
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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878.
PLTTSBORO, N.C.. CHATHAM CO.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1922
VOL. XLY NO. 5
NOT HAVE A CELEBRATION S
WHY
th Occasion is an Appropriate One
ThC And Many Would be Here.
Pfttsboro is gray with old age Its
JSi some of them, havered here ,
v"
nean
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SIDE STREET GOSSIP.
By Joe Foreman.
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Somebody has been putting placards
,.Mr? and have waited pa
i MwAirAmanrc Oil . . . i
mai Pin iinuiuvcuivuM ... n around in T.nis Town, in rne
time, and now in a very short stores and offices and such, giving a
to be lurhted with i
t imp. tile . j l- v.,. ...
rru.,L-c the p-ond work u ,TC. a 4-u
i oi liic j - o ; vci iinic aLLCUtiuu is paiu iu n
it
in especially to our enterprising, : usuany takes a thousand dollar man
go
ahead commissioners.
to appropriate advice that did not cost
i j.' ... -l.- AifrrAmc "fr. . a mi i 1 1 . j
u,l in order 101 mc """-' xen cents, inese placards sure snoots
Ami ' ;,.:--. -..f wl.r thev i. . n x
Vinw then" apprc1-111'11'" "x u snots into some xois. it is niv.e
wo done, it is suggested that the preaching I have heard before now.
t v.n eet up a big celebration on the The preacher gets up and lavs out all
i V when the lights are turned on kinds of devilment, that he knows is
from the
LockviHe.
part
for manufacturing plants
ew electric light plant at ; r0ing on in the communitv, and it is
j a sight to see how some folks will put
;itv is going to play a big j on a long face, look pious and with a
1, i . T- "-,11 Vo the on- . z .u 1 1. 1, .U-. -.--,
for t'lttsooio. "i" r"" : great sign gianee im r uvci unc wu-
gregation to see now it is taKmg ana
who is getting hit. One of these broth
ers who lives back up on the River,
where I was brought up, gets terri
bly stirred up over the short comings
of his neighbors and yet he put off a
load of musty wheat on the mill, and
when he was brousht up for it, de-
i - 1 I. I , i . 1 1 i i 1 1
ahead far enougll w cc -nv --, uaicu iiiat mcic iuiu nu- uccn a uuair
nf electricity and are getting r-dy ei 0f musty wheat on his plantation
fir the good time that is sur? fcs that year and was right ready to
'A prove it. It is strange, but a liar can
W ,tr' . Ml 1, ,....tro T-l J- 1 1 4-- 1-:
The next Stop will u. wat-i -j-. niwavs gel )Oiiit;uuu -u uata. uuu up
This will surely follow and ere in an-thing he wants to tell.
in like a srreen bay tree. that if you don't like this country and
Then let us now oegin tu get icu, 1 me way it isiuji, tn-tt me is nn
n,i I 'ip rflUV wnen ugnts aic .u-nc., 1 uiocKeu unvwiiere ouu uu ciii gtv
an 1 L,c J . ii j.; ; I mi i -i4- ua t
out. xnis is airigii,, uui, x nac m..
en i-- . , ; - Vi will moon
t ,e ocatea ncic, " TT
h to the town and community. Al
ready today, more people are taking
vantage of cheap land around town
nri are buying it and building homes
account of Pitisboro's
nCi-f , , 1 "l . 1, o. 1 ill" inn-
nilc uuma - ivii-1
fine school,
nn to have "a rousing celebration in j
honor or nusooro . bis .--;
ward .. ,
What say ur citizens
NEWS FROM MT. GIEAD.
seen anvbodv furnishing: railroad tick
ets, and with all these strikes, and
so torth, I don't know that you would
make much headway even with a tick
et. Getting away would not be much
easier than staying on and toughing
it out. For all this there has been
some things going on that is not right
Pittsboro, Rt. 1, Sept. 4. Mr. and
m, t P Hntlpv and Miss Mozeh
u.j,,LA. Halmeh. sDent Saturday! and it is srettins to a poor come off
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. G. j in this country when a man hasn't the
Hatley. I ngnt to express ms vpimuii, even
Mr John Hatlev and lamny, 01 neai 1 it don t run exacuy aiuiig wilh uic
" v .A 1 .! at,.. T ! i .1 i li : -1 -1. Yah
Dun-ham, spent bunoaywnn xvus. o i crowa tnai is lunmng uu-
-Jniiav I taKe tnis automouue uus.ncc-.
. iitiL v. - , I mi l l . . ., IV i 1., 11 -1 .-iinn
Mr ?nd Mrs. W. A. renuergrapn, 1 ine poor man wno nets a x ...
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uu, aim
and the
pay
. j : n0v(-mjo nri T.illiaTi I Tviio-lit-iT little n"t. more not near so
HI illisac jxv-wv 1 . -. 1 . - -
n- Wet Durham, spent the weeK-ena thing tnat may not ue so g.
m Mrc J W Neal. Ito has to rav ?12.50 for a tae
1 .HI. aim . . - - - 1 xr - 1 1
Ta,r T attie Reckwith. Cary Grif- hie fellow, with his high wheeler,
RANDOLPH RATE AND ROADS.
Movements of People in and Around
The Town of Bennett.
Bennett, Sept. 4. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stedman have just added to
their household another fine girl.
The Baptist revival at Bennett
closed Friday night with six addi
tions. The Bennett Motor Company got in
six more Fords of the latest pat
tern Saturday. They have but little
-resemblance to a Ford.
Charles Welch and family, of
Greensboro, are spending a week with
relatives here.
Mr. C. R. Scotten and family vis
ited in Ashboro Sunday.
John Scott. Claud Murray, Mrs.
Irvin Schield; and Sam Brady are on
the sick list.
The Bennett school begins Sept.
18th.
Baptizing at Fall Creek next Sun
day, the 10th.
There will be preaching at Zion
next Sunday. Zion Methodist church
is three miles south west of Bennett.
It may be that one reason why tax-
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es are lower m rtanuuipn uion
Chatham is that Randolph has quit
the business of road up-keep. Ran
dolph roads and bridges near Jtien
nett are in bad condition.
Dr. Denson is appointing assistants
and tellnig everybody to add their
mite and might to the commu
nity exhibit at the Fair. Fodder pull
ing time is a busy season, but as you
mill look for the finest specimen of
all kinds in the field and get them to
gether for the show. It does not take
long to fill a glass can with corn, or
wheat, or oats, or hay and garden
seed. Do it now!
The revival at the Christian churoh
Rev. George Underwood, the pastor,
preaching the first sermon. A large
concourse of people came, filling the
house with enough outside to fill it
again.
There were one hundred and twen
ty odd automobiles on the grounds,
and more coming as the writer left.
Topsy Turvey has been sentenced
to the fodder field for two weeks, and
I am doing this by request.
SUBSTITUTE.
fin !in
Hatlpv motored to Durham Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Griffin spent
Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs
A. J. Mann
much as he is able to pay. A man
came down the other day to get a
check to send to Raleigh for his tag
and his neighbors teii me that there
Mrs. Jim Neal, Miss Estie Ray and has not been a decent plow on his
Xello Merritt, of (Jarrboro, spent 1 place in nve years, ne
put it oit any longer aim ne as
pecting to tate a mtie trip pic..
soon and did not ciare go wu .uut
1922-23 tag for fear he would get
TMillorl Tlipw are plenty 01 ioiks
M r
u-PPk with Mrs. Alice Neal
T nnin and Homer Neal Pender
rra . of West Durham, spent a few
davs last week with their grand pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Neal.
nts, air. ana mrs. j. . 1 f""--- - - , , .
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Griffin spent the right here m town who have not had
and Mrs. Jim
week end with Mr
Mr. John Griffin and family spent
the week-end with Mrs. Alice bnt
fin
M-c T nnift Hatlev and children
afternoon with Mrs.
. j . . . . .
Misses Maggie Ellis and Geneverette J to help.
Seymore spent Wednesday nigm witn
Mr?. J. W. tinthn.
Little Miss Ruby Hackney, of Dur
ham. is visiting her grand parents
Mrs. Addie Webster ano son,
their car out except after night, since
the first dav of July, because tnej
can't raise the $12.50 with everything
else thev have on them, ui course
this automobile tax goes to make
roads and heaven knows we need all
the good roads we can get, ano tne
fellow that owns a roru nas just
NEWS FROM BRICKHAVEN.
4. Miss
Brickhaven. Sept. 4. BUSS mae
snendine: a while
Dwight, spent Sunday with her sister, with relatives at Haywood and Mon-
Mrs. D. G. Hatley. cure. . . .
Mr. Seaton Wilson and family, 01 j Paui utley, of Miami, ria., xa
High Point, visited his .sister, Mrs.( Spending this week here with his
motner, itxis. o. -- .
KKicc Veto Alarks and Annie ut-
lev left today for Raleigh, where they
Alio Hriffin last week.
Mrs. Hassie Ellis has returned to
her home near Pittsboro.
ABOUT TENANT FARMS.
...hi ahIqy- h hnsinfiss college
Harold Mims, Salter Utley, Sam
ttw 7ph Harrington anu ua;
GFrTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The prohibition enforcement officers
held a meeting in Raleigh last week
taking acount oi accomplishments and
outlined more effective pians to cir
cumvent the dirty business of moon
shining and bootlegging. A high of
ficial, reviewing the great number 01
stills demoiisned said, "these
don't count get the men.'' That's the
medicine. Get the men that snap their
lingers in the face of law and decen
cy, that hire line legal talent to worm
them out of the clutches of the law
Get the men try them, have conscien
tious attorneys to see that the state
and society are not cheated in the dis
position 01 the cases. And when guilty
put them on the roaos ami m tne
penitentiary where they belong. This
This will demonstrate the majesty of
the law lines merely tickle and en-
courage.
On the 19th in Charlotte, the of
ficers, federal and local, made a drive.
It was a real nice one. They got a net
full. A bakers dozen was caught in
the net, and the vile stuff to the size
of 20 gallons was captured. Let the
good, effective work go on.
Society is not safe where a minority
can and does run rough shod over the
majority and decency. Concord Up
lift. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS
PITTSBORO SCHOOL OPENING.
Begin The Fall Session With a Larj,e
Enroll mer.t.
A large number of Pittsboro ad
nearby citizens met at the school on
Monday morning, September 4th, to
witness the opening session of the
fall term of the Pittsboro High school.
Devotional exercises were conduct
ed by Rev. Jonas Barclay, of the
Presbvterian church, after which short
talks were made by Kev. Mr. car
clay, Rev. J. J. Boone, Prof. W. Renl
Thompson, Jas. L. Griffin, Walter
Hawkins, of Jacksonville, la., and
Mrs. E. A. Farrell, president of the
Woman's Club. .
Every one present was deeply mter
ostpH in the future of the school and
enjoyed the short talks of the speak-
The total number enrolled Monday
was 184, but several more came in
Tuesday and others will come next
Monday.
The citizens of Pittsjioro and Center
township are proud o their school,
and under the able management of
its principal, Prof. E. R. Franklin, it
ranks as one of the best in the state.
MT. ZION-PERSON ALS.
Moncure, Rt. 2, Sept. 4. Mr. A.
O. Harmon, of Raleigh, returned to
his home Monday after spending a
week with his parents; Mr. and Mrs.
. C. Harmon. His two 50ns, Claiborne
and Marion returned with him. They
have spent sometime with their grand
parents.
Mrs. S. G. Gunter and children
i have returned to their home in Lu-
Mma after snendiner the week with
her mother, Mrs. N. B. Gunter, and
sisters nf Sanford and Gulf.
Mrs. Ernest White and children, of
Sanford, spent last vieek with her
mother, Mrs. N. B. Gunter.
Misses Elizabeth and Mary Emma
Thomas, spent a day or two last week
withMissesOlivia and Corda Harmon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, of
Durham, spent several days last week
in the home of Mr. ana inrs. o.
Harmon.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hornady, of
Laiirinburg, are visiting Mr. Fred Lil
lv and Mrs. Turner Petty.
Mrs. Gaston Johnson has returned
home from a visit to her son in ban
ford.
Rev. J. J. Boone preached an 1m
nressive sermon Sunday to an atten
tive audience. We are delighted that
Mr. Boone is able to preach lor us
again, and we sinceely hope he will
continue to improve in health.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.
Month of August Shows Increase oh
Market Colored in the Lead.
The register of deeds issued 26 mar
riage licenses to 12 white couples and
14 colored during the month of Aug
ust and up to September 2nd. Follow
ing is the 1st: N
Drewry L. Poe, 22, Gladys Covert,
18.
George H. Long, 17, Lucy Pearl An
drews XT
Thomas Stevens, 23, Myrtle Thrift,
19.
Earl Jerome Dark, 23, Nora Nell
Foushee, 22.
Grady G. Richardson, 27 Rowena
Gunter, 26.
Clarence Mills, 37 Lizzie King iy.
Roy B. Dixon 25, Annie F. Williams,
18.
Henry Luther Harris, 21, Elizabeth
O'Daniel, 18.
Wade H. Perry 21, Lillian Johnson,
20.
Albert Poe, 21, Mary Louise Cope-
land, 18.
Thomas L. Hart, 28, Minnie r'hii-
Hds. 20, both of Fayetteville.
Robert Ernest .Boone and Clara Ben
Moore.
Colored.
J. A. Rives. Anna A. Rives.
Loomis M. Johnson, Roberta Head-
en.
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RECORDETTES
Great Meeting at Glendon Other
Items of Interest.
Beginning on Sunday, August 6,
the writer did the preaching (two
We received a paper during the sermons daily) for five days in a
nnct weeir from a town m Vireinia meetiner at Mecnanics niu isaptisi
where we worked some 25 years ago church, near the town of Hemp, Mooo
and on the inside of the wrapper was county. Mr. Lonnie G. Phillips, oi
written "Work like Helen B. Happy." Putnam, did the singing through part
we can't recall the handwriting but it of the meeting. Mr. rtpiiips is a gos
is evidently from some of our "misery pel singer of great ability and 1
loving company" associates of the by aeared nimsen to tne peopie 01 wis
gone days, and should it be his pieas- community very mucn mueeu uum
ni in reH these lines, we warn him his short stay with us. The write
that we are working like Helen, but fondly hopes to have him with him
it takes more than the ordinary vexa- a great deal in the future. He is a
tions of a print shop to make us hap- cousm of the undersignea ; .na spt
1 one year witn us in our nume ucnm;
py i 1 . - j : . ..j- ...u;l.
w nis marriitge, uuxing pan uj 1 . in-.n
the oW fisherman what Ume the tide JViJg (aJ U-t into
W "at has gfown in my hear.
ed the same question and received the ni- .
same answer, but when he asked the The Mechanics Hill meeting
same question in a short time again one of the sweetest and most re
the old man, in a vexed tone, said "1 freshing that I have ever had the
hvp tdn vou several times already pleasure of working in. Fifn.en or
but 1 like to see your wmsiters wouuit tn- i.-. . v.. ....
when you say 5:55." It is the same ing been devoted to soul-winnm
nrtA&i leaving no opportimity to op"
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a mimstancflS. 1 he eCltOr na. UUUI& ur inc umiui cvii-i "- -
Lonnie DeGrafFenreidt, Magie Cot- severai 0id friends whom he cherishef time give due prominence to the e
much. W. T. Dorsette, lisandei genstic note ox tne t,eivn,e, uul .
pect a dozen or morer to ne acuun
a result of the meeting. The revival
spirit was very manifest in this meet
ing. The writer has been serving
people for five years. He is diffei
to almost all other preachers in this
one particular, that whereas moat
ers can do their best work at
he has never been able to accomplish
much the first year or two aywhere
and always, so far as he has hat! ex
perience, his reach into the heart i
the members and others become
more and more manifest as year suc
ceeds year.
On arriving: Sunday morning it
put up to the deacons and raemb r
as to what minister they wished to
ten
Rossie Siler, Alice Marsh.
Chester Huckaby, Dorcas Rosetta
Hill.
John Taylor, Nora Covington.
David Alston, Junie Bynum.
Will Thomas, Aurelia Alston.
George A. Harris, Fannie Bynum.
Lornuue r arrisn, Mine J-.ee.
John M. Goldston, Bessie bmitn.
A. B. Moore, Lossie Rodgers.
Hinton Gunter, Annie Taylor.
John Davis, Annie Washington.
MARRIAGES.
Poe -Cope land.
verv
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Johnson, W. H. Gilmore, June wrenn.
J. Dan Dorsett and a few others, with
whom he is in frequent contact, we
think sometimes that perhaps these
gentlemen think our questions simple
and uncalled lor out matter oi xtci
folks, we just naturally like to hear
these men talk, and, too, we nave
learned something from all of them.
The vexations, worries, long hourt
and tiresome task of getting out z
paper sometimes gets on our nerves
hut we have for a consolation the ex-
perience of the old colored woman whi
on H that, her daurnter was iiciuuiiN
married. Said she "was doin grand
sterling worth.
Boone-Moore.
At the home of the bride's parents,
would never distinguish the sweet. Si
there it goes.
COMMISSIONERS MEET.
The county commissioners met v
Among other things they elected Jno. man Gf many good qualities.
A- tVi TWotVirtHict narsnnaro last
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Qni.inv Alhevt Poe was united in had the nurtiest little cottage witn i ass:st in the meetinir or whether tney
marriage to Miss Louise Copeland, garden, some real mahogany furniture wanted a singer instead. The decision
both of Chatham county, Kev. j. j. two pigs ana a goou crup, w f having been in iavor oi tne siugci
r -- ofnia,i'no- TVia vmmflp rounle qt.H a crood washine once a week 101 I foil tm tVip lot of the writer, in com
m v m m m . a f I . V 1 J. 1- - inn'f oKl.i-. I . t -m.tr T-ll -r J .)...-
have the good wishes oi a nost oi the parson, uniy tmng anc . pany witn Mr. ru maness, to unv
friends. Both are well known in Pitts- her man." Well there is always some- co putnam after Mr. Phillips. W
boro and are recognized for their thing. If it wasn't for the bitter w went over that link of the National
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highway, leading irom xvitieign,
Carthage to Albemarle and Chariot'. ,
and we can safely say that we nevr
drove over a better road. In Mot
county this road traverses a territ
through which one could hardly tr
al even two years ago, as they i ad
practically nothing but gullies to
roads. But now it would pay anyi
;or the time and expense of the t
just to-drive over this road for l
pure joy of being alive and knowing
ihe marvelous strides our people have
taken in road building.
SnnHav nifht was spent in the
A woman in New York state recent
At tne noine ox tne iub f."-""! i -- . i ... . , j i.
last Sunday afternoon, Ernest Boone ly lost near a life-saving of good ola
1 M .x . .; .1 -- "Mice QT0 TTnitoH .states dollars in a time wor.
was naupiiy marucu w i.rxi vi-i v .vw. --
iL. . r?l,r t l Rnone nffimatinflr. tvne of a swindle. The district attorn
uiw.-, . -. , . - -,j i a. 1 th nntircnnnOT!.
Mr. Boone is the capable ano emc- ey toiu ner w "lt. 4;rr";
Pittsboro Monday, September 4th and ient manager of the Chatham Motor She said she didnt havenme. ineas
.1 .i I !.' 1 .. J , ..Aiini fiimnfi rkTl U'nl (1 he that She IS nOfK
transacted mostly routine uui-m. .ompany, in x-ittsuuru, inn a 3 wms i auiu. -
Wial in (y tn save 11 n another roll for som
i , ., i
.xt -r , .-.-.A.-.fr -.r tho new r: i -,,,-v,Kv. k.t the eenrp. Hn horn swindler and tne seconu OX
w. jonnson, uueiiuio --" illJr"ua . ii 1 I r " 3n ' tht one is hon
county home. .The, Kecoro congratu- The pretty onoe is me aa xense wm. - - -
lates tne ageu a m miw .. " ox itxx. u.. v,. . UVV;::" hot iHll he c-lari t
Mr Johnson to look tter tnem, as Hope townsnip, ano is a young iau. in nuiiu .uu...,
he is one of the bestjflja mosi Kinu- 0f most lovaDie aisposition anu cuann
neartea men we nn "'8 '""."' I - THL -Zi.s-i, ., inform
. : n rr , . , ., i man i . f -w .-imonr rvi t ano ivi rs. i verv 1 1 ii.it-. il uuiaui muv..
missioners seicctcu a uuu m-.... - lci ,nc - j . , i
inissiuncia a . I n i r,v,o-.itte where tin heeides ads and news, and av
"Preacher", was appointed janitor of they spent a day or two. From there prises the prospective lambs ot wna
the court house in place ot l nomas they went to blowing noc anu ovn- me woives axe v-n.e
Leach, who resigned. er places in the mountains.
The contract for painting the jail Their many friends wish for them
was continued until a later meeting, years of unalloyed happiness
The usual run of regular montniy
accounts were allowed, none being ot Dixon-Williams.
especial interest to our readers.
. 1J t&?VZ3tfSZ: t'?Manif (known as "Good Lewi
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Commission on Farm Tenacy msses Harrington were vn - g T n
Calculation in Regard to us. here that spent ;
The difference in tenant farms in Sunday at Lakeview. They are unan
I .--vmic. in savinfi" camping is one ox
Edgecombe and Chatham county is th most delightful experiences they
shown bv the commission ox r." have had so tar as scouts.
Tenacv in North Carolina. Herman Mims and Lida Mims lelt
'In Edgecombe and Chatham, tne Sunclay fov Love's Grove bcnooi near
studies of which are now pw"j Durham. We shall miss oui
Thirty Free Papers to be Allotted at
the Chatham County Fair.
California officers killed an auto
mobile driver recently by firing a
the tires of his machine because the;
thought he was a fugitive f rorn jus
tice. The tourist thougnt tne oixicei
At tv.o Methodist narsonas-e Sunday, were holdun men on a lonely road ant.
... . a orTiU Tl D ni.nn onH hn ICQ 1 t HiH nnt QT fill HI. LI1K COlll
re vou nreparing sometmng 10 ex- August iu ,jw. Y, " SL" " I " , r
hibit at the Chatham county Fairtf Florence Williams, both of Chatham nnd to halt
county, were married, Rev. J. J.
NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING.
Pitsboro Is to Have New Quarters
S. D. Johnson to Buna.
Boone doing the honors that made two
hearts into one
A STORY WITH A MORAL.
v.mnlefrMl. Hist.inctlv different condi
tions were found. Edgecombe whicn
has a tenant on four out ot every
five farms, has a cash-crop, time-merchant-finance
system of agriculture.
Soil rich as the touch of Midas tails
to yield the average tenant farmer a
satisfactory livelihood due to the ab
sence of cows, hogs and chickens, and
the raising of food and feed supplies.
Chatham which has an owner-operator
on two out of every three farms, rais
fooH and feed supplies,
but suffers from the lack of good roads
ami easy means of travel and commu
n J na r irr
"in irW q farm sold in Edeecombe
for S2,500. In 1919 the same farm sold
for S.9.1 nnn The tenant that bought
this farm in 1904 had o borrow tne
monev to pay for it. Ho. is now worth
sj.n nnn
"Work in Chatham county has been
facilitated by the interest shown by
M Pcrrino-ton and A. X. KjULC
T.vrtyv.iT.irl ioT.fl nwnprs around Riggs
Koo TToi-inf-trtn is workinsr tor
good roads and a better rurai uuu.
service. Mr. Cole boasts that he has
not in the last 25 years missed at
tending the farmers convention at
Raleigh." - . ,
Don't fret about Chatham. The old
rabbit county is moving along about
as fast as any of them and has about
as many good roads, "and some of the
best, as any county in the state.
PERSONAL NOTES BEAR CREEK.
Bear Creek, Rt. 2, Sept. 5. Mes
dames W. B. and G. B. Emerson at
tended the Baptist Missionary meet-
inn- of Difr-hAVn
xii; at x itouuiu .c-jv i
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Straughan and
family, of Greensboro, were visitors
in the home of F. C. Straughan dur
ing the week-end. ,
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mclver, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Phillips and M. F. Nor
wood motored to Swepsonville bun
day, visiting in the home of J. -
Phillips.
Miss Slate, a blind girl, f Mt
Airy, is visiting her friend, Miss
r lossie Reaver, of Kt. -5
xuniaiu. ' ' - j.
nitv boys and girls who are awaj at
x. 1 v,,it we wish them a happy,
scnooi, maj " .
successful year's work.
One of the most enjoyable socials
that has been given here took place
at Mr. Avery MarKS lOBaau - .-
Friday night. More tnan uivj vy
were present. We had chicken and
cream galore, and everybody vvisned
that such jolly, gooo times w.
-.4--n
CSen Utleyrol ? Winston-Salem, spent
the-week-end here with his mother .
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Kennedy and
i, Vonnerlv. accompanied oy
iVllSS UUl j , - - . TT1.ir
Misses Kate Marks and Annie Utley,
,1 - x? o 1 i o-h S at.urda V.
motoreu w r.W6" 7 : ;.it-
Frank Johnson, 01 kwukm, l "'r
ing friends here this week Frank is
a manly, wide-awake little fellow,
LTis 3wa i'SSorT-na"
Messrs W. K. cranioru ,
Overby, of Lillington, spent Sunday
hTheWBVcSaven Betterment Asso
ciation held its regular meeting at the
home of the president, bi r
Ha?rington, laS Wednesday after
noon. Plans were made for an enter
tainment at the school building Sat
.i c;rtember 16th. We an
eager for a social and financial suc
ea8erj .;h ech member to con-
Sr herself a committee of one to
make things interesting.
Mr. Piland njiea 11 i" o,. ,7 v
There will be ten yearly subsciptions
given by this paper at the Chatham
county Fair. The winners can choose
for themselves between the Record
and the Herald. Ten subscriptions will
be given and if the winner of each
wants the Fittsboro paper tney cui
o-et it. or if they prefer the Siler City
paper, it will be sent. The subscrip
tions have been placed at the disposal
of Mr. Johnstun, the secretary. It has
been sugested to him by this paper
that the subscriptions be awarded to
anv person making an exhibit of corn,
tobacco, hay, wheat, oats, potatoes,
cattle or stock, in a creditable man
ner and does not receive a prize from
any other source. Theretore those
making an exhibit and failing to get
the Fair prize stands a chance of at
least getting a years subscription ab
solutely free to the home paper.
In addition to our oner tnere nas
been placed at the disposal of the sec-
retarv ten subscriptions uy uic a xu-
gressive Farmer and ten subscrip
tions by the Southern Agricultrist
making a total of thirty yearly sub
scriptions to a good farm paper and
fii Viome newsDaner.
Every farmer that can possibly do
so shon Id have an exhibit. There is
everv prospect of being awarded some
consideration. Then, too, it gives an
onnortunitv for you to show your
neighbor what you are doing.
of Mr. Wm. Ward, of Center town
shin and is a most estimable young
Pitshoro is to have a new postoffice iafiv. The Record wishes the young
building. S. D. Johnson, one 01 our coupie much enjoyment m nie
nrnoTo.eivo merchants will, in the
" & - 1 -1 U ...Aln 1 nn-iincl rl XT' T1 XT' T
near future, tear down tne oiu wu-icn u1 r ix-iws cjucakjx.
building on the corner of Salisbury
Miss Dixon is the grand daughter An Aged Widow Put Too Much Con
fidence in New Found Lover.
fie has raised two generations of chil
dren, all but two of whom are now
grown, and they all give promise of
rendering honor to their worthy fath
er. It is good to be with brother Mu
aess in his delightful home.
Monday afternoon we went to the
hame of Mrs. Levi Williams, the wid
ow of one of the 'pillars of the church'
of the past generation, taking sapper
with her and her son-in-law, Mr. Ja' k
McCaskill, where we had a most en
joyable evening indeed. From there
we drove to the home of brother Levi
Maness, another son of "Good Lev. i
Brother Levi has been superintend! r t
of the Sunday school at Median n.;
Hill for many years, rle is a cons-
Not many moons ago there lived in rated, pious and true Southern gen
this beautiful little city of Pittsboro tleman of the "Olde tyme. It is m
ij oV, allerl herse f rloeH nlensant. to spend a while in
coioreu ia.u , a. on. iv.-v- - -
I... name of Mrs. Dorcas Hill
She was very black, very sensitive
about the young Americans of the
and Hillsboro streets, anuaew "tr- At a meeting of the Sandy crees 7", -ailmric, upr aunt Dorcas, or eveT:
to-date brick building, this bunomg fi tigt Associtation, held in Pittsboro Dorcas, but she was strict-
will have two stories, the second story yn Mrg jTJi Qunter, of San- Dorcas Hill, and no aunt tc
sumptuous home. He, too, lias rai I
a large family 01 ongnt ami pniima
ing sons and daughters, who have
settled into homes of their own around
him and are a real joy to him in hia
npe manhood.
Tuesday atternoon we wem
heir.o- nserl nartlv for othces and tne , , uro 0.ip.tPH nresident of the wv, she'H wall
5 vi - nn,Dam.nfQ """I " T. : any wnite ikiswu. " " , , . ' .j.
remainder ior a nan xoi a,""" organization for another year, axis. treet. Mrs. Dorcas wouir to Putnam, spending imv myn. mw.
There will be two stores, tne corner Lucile Covington of Cameron, vice- J."Yd" verv mv'h head, which would brother Lonnie G. Phillips, ana
' f--n the salt I nmc mis hours SDent tnere Will IV.
one to be used by Mr. Johnson as a
general store, and will be aos ieet wiue
and extend back 60 feet. The building
adjoining the corner store will be 28
feet wide and 40 feet in depth, and
teH that it will be used for
the postoffice. This building will be
erected and have all the conveniences
of a postoffice, and win De wiuuu
70 yards of the persent postomce site.
The Record is glad to note these
improvements and hopes before many
moons to announce tnat several wood
en shacks along Salisbury street will
be torn down and modern ounuings
be erected in their stead.
president, Mrs. C. C. Cheek, secretary,
- ,T r TTT'll. -JP T --
and Mrs. rl- w . w imams, ox uonco
boro, superintendent of Junior Work.
The outstanding feature of the
-icro-les from the said I nrecious hours spent there
. ?rr:: SSh .is while memory's lamp eoi
hoc -fz-v hum His hrother. I
uic-) - ' ,
vmincr Americans.
& .. 1.1 4.V-.4- TVT-
It was thougnt oy many tna.
ARE WE TO HAVE PROTECTION?
Recently the Pittsboro Chamber of
Tnutorn church Sunday Commerce met to discuss the suoject
pomtment at Buckhom cnu hin . of fir rotection. A representative of
ijui :iliiivi -1
K ot eleven O clOCK, pi
Sill be short talks, good singing, and
. , ,.. i.T means least, a sump-
52&m
and help make the day a success.
PITTSBORO GROWING.
Besides the-house recently finished
for MrT W. F. Bland, near the oil
mnl, a contract has been given out
by Atlas Farrell for a bungalow to
be built on east i-l'r
. . . ..-. V. -...! --1 rn
r. ui ivt- a 1 1 a o3rm are Deuu iultu vii
Mrs. Mary L. Dowdy has gone zo oe - ection of houses
DanvilleVa, visit her fans West tet ft Qeo.
1 i-i j- tni AiiTirvoi .T'oro -- rw -ciiw -- .
tors in the home of T. A. Beal: Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Holt, of Salisbury, anu
. 1 f i. -.uVUar nr.c here
a cnemicai nre eAuugmoi.-. r .
who told of the good qualities of his
fire apparatus, but nothing was done
then, the matter being referred to the
town commissioners, who, it is be
lieved,willbuy one of these chemical
nrrines sometime in the future.
One of these engines would be a
good thing for Pittsboro, or any small
fnm as vou can take one of them
right into the fire almost, and by their
quick action, a serious fire can be pre
vented. Raleigh used one of these
wtinonishers for many years,
-wi tViev rlirl p-ood work. The cost is
,,erv small. $300 for a forty gallon
tank, and they would eventually pay
for themselves.
T.oft.n Williamson, of Sanford
.w.. , . -- ,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thomas, 01 ivion
H'Thehouses will be of the bungalow
style and will add much to the appear
ance of the town.
cure, were week-end visitors at J. u. r4.vpnt a cold, take poo
Out cpfin. 1 sH ould be represented
at the Fair this year. Will some of
our women get busy and write to the
Secretary how to arrange one.
Layton Harris left for Raleigh Mon
day to enter A. & FJ. College.
NEWS FROM OAKLAND.
Moncure. Rt. 2. Sept. 4. Mrs. Ma
kola Mav snent a few days of last
week visiting her brother, Mr. London
Burns near Mebane.
Mrs. J. W. Womble spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. fowell Loutnan
in Washington, D. C.
Miss T elia Buris spent the week
end in Pittsboro with Miss Sankie
Miss T ela Burns spent the week-
Tittohoro visitiner Misses Ella
111 A. ivnuwvi v o
Tivimnt nnH Trueman r lelds.
. . , j
Miss rora tiunter has returned to
her work in Durham, after spending
her vacation with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. George Morrow anu
T7vnV Morrow from Alamance coun
ty visited relatives in this community
Mr. Vernon Turrentine and family,
of Orange county, spent Sunday with
his sister, Mrs. w. u. rmrns.
Miss Stacv Eddins spent the week
end with her uncle, G. G. Burns, near
Moncure. ,
Master Ker.on Eddins spent the
week-end with Mr. Ed Bland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Burns, Mrs. H.
C. Clegg, Sr.. Robert and Lelia Burns
spent Thursday in Burlington with
Wilson Burns.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clegg, Jr., and
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Knight spent Sun
day with their aunt, Mrs. If. A. Per
ry AMME.
us
we
old
w ealthv and hac there daring the early houiV of
meetinc was the addresses of Mia. ZfJ2 ' QC che kent. a little evenincr and night. He is a 1
.xr XT T - -.. T7ol,io-h nnH MlSS l"eUl' "A.V '.t-ii.i 4- T,.w- I ...l--,,!; sino-er anil amOi:'
W V . r. Ktl XLUIV xt-xx I J -. nl y-v "VT" Mil Cllliril Ml.l P.F1L litl; I MIIICIIUIU n.x,fA.- '
. w . w . . cy ( ) ft fill J l itii 1 x r ,
t -1 Tvnn rtf Pittshoro. mission- . : . i- i j.-;,- ano I wmtinlv .lirl emov some 01
u-iuic-.i, whicn sne uisperseu sun . ------ .
ary from China. U'siVh " songs ot tne Dygone ua; -
Over at Bvnum a bridge contractoi his crop oi tooacco "'"' ,
employed many men and among them then, we had to return withe
employed maiii Orlando, which cast a sadness over the ceed-
i m i:i i was one Diom nu-nuui , i --
Since we corrected our mail list . . lai,v biaci man. He goi ing sei-vices.
last week, we have received subscrip- "- r . . .fU i Dorcas, and As we went to Putnam inesua. i
!, new friends acquaiin-e-. nx.a. - , , , r f1rnvp vv Beu a
tions tor icucwaio learnine that sne was a wiuow, anu kiuw. ..v, -
from Indianna, Virginia, Tennessee SJSfcSI she had much of this worldV and spent an hour with oi
- n..r made love to her. friend Capt. n.. x.. bamuen,
OUR REAL FRIENDS.
th Carolina. Also f rom towns 1- !-, rt Tier friend CaDt
outside of Chatham county as follows: g, nH I' the fair widow our kinsman and a dear friend of oi
Raleigh, Greensboro, liberty, aanioru, about three or four weeks ago.
Colon, wenoei, ware x -xc .v, the happy event toolc place at nei
Camp, and Carrboro. in remitting xox . The coiored elite of town, were
renewals we receive many compn- t table of the best foods was
. a.U ...nilan on1 invited P"liestS
mentary messages. One lady says we
can't do without it. Anotner says
as long as you keep up the present
'standard we will take it forever.
Others say it is the best paper in
North Carolina and you have surely
improved the paper. Certamlly helps
to hrao- on us. we work harder every
ktime somebody says something nice
and still harder when a Knoci-er ap
pears. The following are put on the
list this week:
T. H. Harris, Katie V. Brown, Mid
C. Cooper, W. A. Stewart, Dr. I. H.
tv,-;, Miss Alma Osborn, M.
HineSley, Mrs. E. S. Pickett, June
Tnl.n enn . W. Ivv Bubb. George 1 homp-
son Isaac Ferguson, J. B. Stinson,
t. 7i u-.nUn p T. Mann. J. M.
Johnson, Brown-Buick, Gaston Alston,!
W. M. Lindsay. A. uimbm,
a t vinkowlcnn J. W. Smith. Mrs.
Clyde Pickett, Mrs. Matilda Straughan
G. G. Ward, and Frank Paschal.
The Chatham county Fair will be a
success ONLP if you take something
to exhibit,
tf
Hard to Correct.
T -n c-t ll'Ool- We attemDted to make a
-.i- statement as to an error that
had occurred in a correspondent s let
ter the week before. The boy in the
office pulled the wrong linotype slug
and made a worse "bull" than the for
mer grievance. Here's hoping nothing
will happen to this little notice.
Are you preparing something to ex
hibit at the Chatham county Fair, tf
o.t and the waiters and invited guestf
enjoyed the occasion to their hearts
content. . . ,
But alas and alacK! Mrs. -jorca:-placed
too much confidence in her
newly found husband. He told her o
many things he could do if he had a
certain amount of money, and one day
Mrs. Dorcas listened to
v,;. tale of monev-makine and let
him have $300. so the story goes. The
darling husband had to go away to m
.,,. the 8.3(10 and since then Mrs.
Dorcas has heard neither hair nor hide
--f Vi m
Sunday she hired a car and went to
Durham to looK lor mm, out ni
...Viat we nan learn. Mrs. Dorcas will
never see her husband again, nor her
$300.
Moral: Never marry a man you
know nothing about.
Orphan dogs, cats, and horses, and
those deserted because of old age, will
live in peace and plenty on a 150-acre
farm for homeless ano ageu ai""V;
that is to be established near Wash
ington, according to the numane ru
ucation Association.
bovhood and whom we had n
in a long while. That was a - re
freshing hour indeed. Then we
tr, see mv own dear mo i
. .7
Each citizen of the United States
should receive an average of 112 let
ters a year, according to the post of
fice officials. ,
Rub-M-Tism, an antiseptic
other loved ones at Bear Creek, tak
ing supper here.
Wednesday mgnt was spent
my good friend, Prof. John Wil ;.. -
son, who for tnirty years wii
of the foremost teachers in Moore
county. A few neighbors gain i
with us and we had a prayer-meeting
service in which one young man
converted. We expect to baptize him
at the next meeting. Brother William
son now conducts the Farmers union
store at Grassy Creek and is one i
the most congenial men we have ever
met as well as being a consecratcu
Sunday school and church worker. It
in his home and we hope to have t it
pleasure many times hereafter.
Last week from Sunday mot
to Thursday night, with the except i I
of the Monday night service, it is
the writer's good fortune to att d
the great Bible school being con
ed by Doctor R. V. Miller, of Hend r
sonville, N. C. Dr. Miller is a tc
er who knows his Book. He is tc
nized as being the peer oi any u.me
scholar in this country if not the su
perior to any, and it is doubtful
whether we could find his superior in
the world, yet he told the writer
frankly that he never attended any
college, seminary or university or
other institution of learning at all
for single day in his life. That is,
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Willetts PHIL.. v r-