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PITTSBGRO. N.C., CHATHAM CO.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1922
VOL. XLV NO. 16
CHATHAM
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS MEET.
In Regular Session and Transact Much
Business.
road commissioners met Mon
day, Nov. 13, and transacted a good
or business. Among the bills
paid were:
F. Crutcbfield, shop work,
$23.30.
H. Woody, building road, $66.50.
Sharp, work on bridges, $15.
vitt Smith, lumber, $26.62.
II. Edwards, repairing bridge,
B. T. Phillips, lumber and work,
V.. M. Phillips, repairing road ma
chine y, $3.50.
iard Garage, oil, gas, etc.,
!ap-Vaddell Co., bolts and
grea $1.39.
T. A. Dowd, welding, etc., $1.00.
Bennett Hardware Co., bolts, shov
el, etc, S1.90.
C. E. Hilliard, work with team, $15.
E. M. Phillips, road maintenance,
$20:.:-$.
J. T. Rosser, moving bridge, $60.
J. W. Harmon, payroll, $509.88.
J. W. Harmon, salary for October,
Si::..oo.
he Hardware Store, Inc., dynamite,
etx.. -'76.04.
T. M. Teague, lard and sugar, $5.37.
V. est Point Grocery Co., groceries,
$340.
Siler Citv Grocery Co., groceries,
$18.12.
Gregson & Dorsett, groceries, $68.77
C. B. Fitts, axes and shoes, $14.19.
Latca Poe, lumber and work, $175.58
Siler City Milling Co., flour, oats,
etc., 8164.75.
Elder Motor Co., gas, oil, etc.,
SlG.9i3.
Bland & Connell, meal, meat, hay,
bo-j-i. i o.
C tham Motor Co., repairs, $6.35.
i L. London & Son, blankets, com
fort overalls, etc., $105.08.
L. D. Johnson, salary, $85, shop
work, gas, oil, etc., $101.11.
E. F. Craven, two bills, $88 and
$14.00, total, $102.00.
J. I). Willett, 7 days as road com
missioner, $35; 132 miles traveled,
$6.60, total, $41.60.
Frank Boone, 26 days work, gas,
bolts, etc., $61.00.
Tat am & Lanius, work on tractor,
$34.00.
E. F. Craven, account to date,
S202.10.
Willie Pettv, salary $75, bolts, gas,
etc., $2.25, total, $77.25.
Frank Gattis, 25 days work, $51.00.
J. W. Griffin, 13 one half days as
commissioner, $67.50; 305 miles trav
eled, $15.25, total $82.75.
C. C. Hamlet, two months salary,
$50.00.
Chatham Hardware, dynamite, gas,
oil, etc., $139.86.
S. S. Edwards, 7 and three fourths
davs as commissioner $38.75; 220
mile:s traveled $11.00, total $49.75.
S. C. Beal, building Mt. Gilead
road, $1,500.00.
E. E. Wilson, 13 days as commis
sioner, $65.00; 325 miles traveled,
S1G.25, total $81,25.
L. V. Edwards, services as engineer,
S51.24.
A. T. Ward, 10 days as commission
er, S50; 220 miles traveled, $11.00;
total 861.00.
Alfred Johnson, building road in
Williams township and supplies,
$1,280.00.
R. B. Bennett, 4,000 feet lumber
for N ew Hope road bridge, $100.00.
board ordered that $300. be
fun hed T. G. Lane for road west
of Siler City.
The board also bought from E. F.
Craven two drags at $65.00 each.
NEVi S FROM OLD COUNTY HOME.
Pittsboro, Rt. 3, Nov. 20. There is
a !ot of bird hunting going on in this
section.
Mrs. W. A. Roberson and children
spent the week-end near Cumnock
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oren
Dowdy.
Miss Ella Bryant, Mr. John Har
ris and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bryant, of
Pittsboro spent awhile one night last
week with Mrs. Bryant's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. M. Lemons.
Air. E. M. Lemons is progressing
nicely with his new home and reports
that he will have it completed in a
few days.
. : ses Maggie Ellis, Margaret Wil
ia is and John G. Roberson spent
Sunday with Miss Jessie Seymore near
Seui'orth.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hackney and
children, of Pittsboro, spent Sunday
Jith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Murdock.
Clyde Harmon, Tommie, Murdock
and Allen Roberson spent Sunday ev
' ig sight-seeing.
Mr. Willie Andrews and wife, Mrs.
Ni e Rodgers and son and daugh
ter, of Hillsboro, and Mr. Melvin
Mi x, of Durham, spent the week
ith Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mur
dock. A. B. Roberson, wife and son
sPer the week-end with her parents
Bear Jumnock.
LOKK AT YOUR LABEL NOW !
BOX PARTY MONCURE SCHOOL.
Basket Ball and Volley Ball Contem
platedPound Cake Prize.
Moncure, Nov. 20. The Utopia So
ciety, the membership of which is
composed of students from the High
School department of the Moncure
school, met in its regular literary and
busuiess session Friday afternoon.
After being called to order by the
President, the devotional exercises
were conducted by the chaplain, Miss
lora Johnson. The literary program
was then executed as follows:
Recitation Elizabeth Thomas.
Jokes Frank Watson.
Recitation Attie Womble.
My Favorite Poem Blannie Chur
chill. Declamation Garnet Wilkie.
Current Events Sam Crutchfield.
Reading Ruth Womble.
Debate Query: "Resolved, That A
System of Old Age Pensions Should
oe Established in the United States."
Affirmative Janie Dickens and Ju
lia Johnson.
Negative Clay Farrell and Dalmas
Hackney.
After an interesting discussion in
which some real talent in the art of
debating was manifested, the decis
ion committee reported in favor of
the negative.
The seats in the school auditorium
have been placed and fastened to the
floor and now our auditorium, which
will seat about three hundred people,
is very accommodating and attract
ive. Work has been going on by the
students in preparations for a basket
ball and a volley ball court. These
courts will be completed within a few
days. Mr. Self has announced that
he has in his possession a new vol
ley ball, which he ordered for the
school. They will be put into use as
soon as the grounds are completed.
A box party, fostered by the lo
cal Woman's Betterment Association,
was given last Saturday night. But
the party turned out to be more of a
pie sale and voting contest than any
thing else. The audience was given
an opportunity to render a verdict
sentencing some girl to be the "most
popular girl in Moncure." Miss Hilda
Wilkie was the recipient of this sen
tence, with Miss Virginia Cathell fol
lowing as a close second and Miss
Blannie Churchill holding third place.
The winner received a pound cake as
a prize. Ice cream and candies were
sold from the booths. In all about
$60.00 was realized. The good women
have donated this amount to the
school with which to buy new desks.
The school is indeed proud of the
Betterment Association, which was
recently organized and we are looking
for even greater work in the future.
REPORTER.
REV. J. C. KIDD IN A MEETING.
Bear Creek, Rt. 3, Nov. 20. The
farmers in this section are about
through sowing small grain.
There will be Thanksgiving: services
at Fall Creek church Nov. 30. Preach- 1
mg at 11 o'clock by Rev. W. H. H.
Lawhorn, of Carthage, the oldest min
ister in the Sandy Creek Association.
Misses Ella and Nellie Brewer
entered the Bennett High school on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Powers, of near
High Falls, spent a part of last week
with their son, W. G. Powers, of Bear
Creek, Rt. 1.
Miss Lesta Phillips is visiting her
brother, H. D. Phillips, at Star.
Ross Brewer and family, of Bonlee,
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
Sarah Phillips.
W. E. Phillips and family were vis
itors at J. R. Powers Sunday after
noon. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Scott, Victor,
Ansel and Miss Beulah Lambert vis
ited the home of Clina Brady Sunday.
Mrs. C. R. Lambert spent the week
end with Miss Alta Jones.
Mrs. E. C. Brewer is on the sick
list.
Rev. G. C. Phillips preached a good
sermon at Fall Creek Sunday from
Rev. 21:7.
Rev. J. C. Kidd, of Bennett, began a
series of meetings at Bennett Bap
tist church Sunday night, Nov. 19, and
will continue every night until Thanks
giving night.
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Beal spent Sun
day afternoon with Mrs. Ada Brewer.
BLUE BELLS.
BROWNS CHAPEL ITEMS.
Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Nov. 20. Miss Le
la Mann has gone to Gibsonville to
visit her brother, O. W. Mann.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Way and dau
ghter, Mildred, Mrs. J. W. Bailey and
children, Frank and Hazel, Marvin
Vestal, spent Friday with J. J. Thom
as. Mr. and Mrs. Clay King, of Bur
lington, were visitors at the home of
Lonnie Durham Sunday.
Miss Verdie Thomas has entered
Pittsboro high school.
Messrs Willie and Marvin Lindsay
spent the week-end in Raleigh, attend
ing Conference.
Mi'. Lemuel Crutchfield and Mr.
Jessie Thomas have accepted positions
in Burlington.
DOT.
GOOD-BYE BOB WHITE NOW.
Thic cpnsnn mav be the last one
for sportsmen to hunt "Bob Whites."
Because he feeds upon berries and
buds in winter, and upon corn, rye,
seeds of wild plants and insects in
summer, also destroying boll weevils,
he is now called the farmer's friend.
If we are not badly fooled, a bird
law will be passed at the next leg
islature prohibiting the shooting of
quail with the exception probably of
about 15 days in the year.
If the law is passed our sportsmen
should just as well hang up their
guns. If they don't, Mr. Hanks will
get somebody into trouble.
SHORT MEASURE.
The 1923 general assembly of
North Carolina will have only three
republican senators and ten represen
tatives as a result of the election of
Nov 7. The democrats will haVe 47
senators and 112 members of the
house, according to information given
out by Henry M. London, legislate
reference librarian.
1 PIE PARTY AT BELL'S SCHOOL
High School Progressing Nicely Vot
ing Contest for Pretty Girl.
Apex, Rt. 4, Nov. 20. On Friday,
November 10, there was a pie party
given at Bell's school for the benefit
of the school. The high school girls
and the teachers brought pies to the
number of 27. These were sold well.
We also had a voting contest on the
most popular girl. The one receiving
the most votes received a three-pound
Box of candy. Miss Jessie Horton, one
of the high school girls, won the can
dy. The total proceeds amounted to
$78.00.
The school appreciates the interest
Mr. Jarvis Boone took in the contest.
All he regrets is that he didn't have
the opportunity to spend more.
The Literary Society held its reg
ular meeting last Friday in the au
ditorium. All its members seemed to
be interested and willing to do what
they were called on to do. The pro
gram was greatly enjoyed by all.
The community was very much dis
appointed, due to the fact that the
moving pictures failed to get over
on Wednesday night. Even though we
had no pictures, we had music and the
high school girls sold candy and pop
corn. The Betterment Association will
have its second meeting Friday after
noon. We hope each member will
bring with them an idea that will
benefit the school, and that each pat
ron will join and take a part. Let us
all be a booster.
Janie Moore and Sudie Horton rep
resented the school at the spelling
contest in Pittsboro on the 17th.
One month of school is over. We
enrolled 196 and made an average of
165. We think that good but hope to
make a better average this month.
Since we have our third truck, we
have a way to bring the children. If
all the patrons will send their chil
dren every day, we can make a good
average. Let's all put our shoulder to
the wheel and push.
High school is progressing, if not
rapidly. New Dunils are cnnstnntlv
being enrolled, which means that Bells
is letting ehr light shine. Too, some
are manifesting more interest in their
work this month than the previous
one.
(The above report was sent in by
one of the seventh grade pupils and is
a very creditable letter. Ed.)
LECTURE THIS MORNING.
Mrs. R. H. Hays, chairman of the
committee of the health department
of the Womans Club of Pittsboro, has
been very active during her tenure of
office, and has arranged with Dr. W.
B. Chapin to speak at the morning ex
ercises of the Pittsboro school this
morning, Nov. 24th.
His calk will be on "First Aid" in
the home and it will be a valuable one
for all those who can, to hear it. The
patrons of the school are urged by
Mrs. Hays to be present to hear the
lecture.
At a later date, Mrs. Hays has ar
ranged for Mrs. T. W. Bicket to be
in .Pittsboro and make a talk along
health lines. Other methods will be
used for promoting the better health
conditions of the community.
Essays have been written by the
seventh grade pupils on the various
diseases and treatments, etc. A com
mittee will judge these and the one
considered the best will be published
next week.
MARRIAGE OF CHATHAM GIRL.
A wedding of interest to Chatham
county people was that of Miss Swan
nie Buckner, now of Graham, to Mr.
Benjamin Ernest Allred, of Burling
ton, on Wednesday, November 8th,
solemnized in the Methodist church at
7:30 o'clock.
Miss Buckner was reared in Chat
ham county and will be remember
ed pleasantly by many friends. She
is very popular in Graham and has
been prominently identified with the
church work.
The young couple will make their
home in Burlington.
MOVIES THURSDAY NIGHT.
The movies will be with us again
Thursday night, Nov. 23, and will be
at the court house. The Record advises
its readers to go and see them as
there will be something good shown.
There will be five reels in all, a two
reel story and two of comedy. One of
the reels will present Jeff and Mutt,
something real funny. Go and see it
by all means. Doors will be open at
7 o'clock and the pictures begin to
run at 7:30. The admission is only
10 cents and it is for a good cause.
OYSTER SUPPER AT BURKES.
There will be an oyster supper at
Burke school house at Evans, on next
Thursday night, Nov. 30. Oysters and
hot weinies will be served and cakes
will be sold at auction. The proceeds
from the supper will be used for
Pleasant Hill Methodist church. The
promoters asks this paper to state
that a good time will be assured all
who will attend, and that your pat
ronage will be highly appreciated.
DEATH OF JOSIAH THOMAS.
Josiah Thomas, a very highly es
teemed citizen, died at his home Sun
day, November 12, aged 67 years.
He resided near Moncure. Mr. Thomas
had been sick only a week and his
death was quite a surprise to his
many friends. He was a member of
Merry Oaks Baptist church and was
faithful to the last. He leaves a wife,
one brother and two sisters to mourn
their loss.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
There will be a Thanksgiving ser
vice at Bear Creek Baptist church,
we are informed by J. W. Burke,
church director, held on Thursday,
November 30th, at 10:30 o'clock, con
ducted by the Rev. A. H. Kellar. He
states that all the members are re
quested to come and bring a contribu
tion for the Orphanage at Thomas
ville and redeem their pledge to the
75 million campaign.
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SIDE STREET GOSSIP.
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I have been laying otf for a year to
go down to Raleigh to look around
but it seemed I could never get away.
But last week they were talking about
going down and said that I could have
a place in the automobile if I was a
mind to go along. As it was, I got up
early and got the work about the
place done and met the rest of them
down town, and we got off a litle bet
ter than sunup. You don't hear much
oi early rising these days and not
many folks m these parts eat break
fast by candle light. The road was
good and we made splendid time, and
was down in Raleigh by the time we
would have been to the Alston place
in my time.
Everybody ought to See the capital
of this State some time. Not that it
is the biggest or finest building you
can see but it is plain and substantial
like, and I just like teL think of that
building as representirig the plain,
hard-working, honest, common folks,
that live in this great State of ours.
There is a great deal connected with
the capital building, the square and
the monuments and such that should
be of interest, to especially our young
er folks who are studying up the his
tory of North Carolina. I am no ex
pert in architecture and such and
can't tell whether right proportions
were used or not in the building, but
I was impressed as I noticed how
badly worn the step ere that lead
up to the legislative Rani ancl"T was
a thinking that ninety-nine per cent
of the shoe leather that had worn
out that old sand stone, did not
amount to a hill of beans. I don't
know how the numebr of our laws
compare with other states but at any
rate, I know we have a great sight
more laws than we ever needed and
have a big surplus of pig-headed law
yers and other good for nothing loaf
ers that have helped to actually wear
out the state capital building.
The Confederate monument that
faces Hillsboro street at the west en
trance of the square always strikes
me, as it does most folks, as a fitting
reminder of the Great War. There is
no doubt that another will, some day,
be placed to commemorate the World
War. There is no objection to monu
ments. They set off a place like the
State capital, but living men and wo
men and present day problems, is
what we are up against. Governor
Morrison was coming down that front
walk just as we got there, rle sees
so many Fords and just common folks
that he paid no attention to us but I
take it that he was out attending to
his Governor business and don't blame
him for not asking us to see his place.
It is a sight to see how many Chat
ham folks are down at Raleigh. We
met ud with them all about. Every
body was busy and it looks like there
is coming on a real prosjerity wave.
Raleigh is alright and we had a good
trip but I was glad to get back home
that night. I was riding and hearing
street cars and all that noise, in my
sleep all that night. After all, home is
the place for Joe.
MORE OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS.
During the past week th following
have either renewed thier subscrip
tion or began new with us:
Miss Carrie Phillips, Mrs. C. 0.
Small, Ed S. Phillips, Mrs. J. R. Mal
lard, Monticello Drug Co., James
Spence, A. J. Dorsett, Eagle Pencil
Co., Mrs. R. E. Mclver, D. H. Hart,
Josie Smith, Ben Matthews, Robert
M. Burns, W. F. Crutchfield, Otis Per
ry, Miss Laura Harris, Mrs. H. A.
London, A. P. Terry, Miss Alice Ed
wards, H. L. Barber, R. G. Perry, R.
H. Marks, H. D. Gunter, Paul De-
zern, Newell Emmett, J. R. Milliken,
E. W. Riggsbee, J. Elmer Long, Dr.
C. J. Thrailkill.
Pie Sale and Supper.
Battle school will have a pie sale
at the school building on Wednesday
nierht before Thanksgiving. There will
also be cakes, candies, etc., for sale
and a string bard will furnish music.
The public is invited to attend. The
nroceeds will be used for the benefit
of the school. Mrs. T. M. Clark is
Drincinal and Miss Luta P. White, as
sistant of this school, and it is mak
ing a splendid record since it open
ed.
AN OLD WRITING DESK.
Mrs. Ernest Williams, of Pittsboro,
has a writing desk in her possession,
mnHp nf walnut timber and Dut to
gether by nails that were made by
hand, that is over iw years oio. ii
was presented to her by her father,
Marcellus Perry, who inherited it from
his grandfather.
Collects More than $50,000 in Taxes.
Sheriff Blair tells us that to this
date he has collected more than $50,
000.00 in taxes for the year 1921, as
comaared to about $3O,OQQ.Q0 the
same date last year for the 1920 tax.
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MOVING PICTURES AT TRUTH.
Young Folks in Spelling Contest Lo
cal and Personal.
Corinth, Nov. 20. In the county
spelling contest at Pittsboro last Fri
day, Corinth school was represented
by Clara Chapel and Layton Gunter.
They tied in both the preliminary and
in the test at Pittsboro, made a
good mark but not quite enough to
win the honors. Thte is a splendid
custom. It is surprising how much in
terest the contest creates among the
pupils of the schools in the county.
We are glad to see Mr. T. H. Buch
anan about again after his long spell
of sickness.
The moving pictures at Truth last
Saturday night came as a pleasant
surprise and without much warning.
But even so, there was a good crowd
on hand. When such pictures as the
story of Enoch Arden are shown, we
think they should be announced in
time for the teachers to tell the story
to the children, or better still get
them to read the beautiful classic for
themselves, for the pictures supple
ment in most effectivev way the work
of the school teacher, and are educa
tional in the strict sense of the word.
Misses Morris and Johnson spent
Sunday with Miss Johnson's sister,
Mrs. Patrick, at Bonsai
Don't forget the pictures at Brick
haven on Tuesday, November 28, and
the big bazaar and oyster supper there
next Saturday night, Nov. 25.
Don't forget the Red Cross roll call.
Corinth is behind; Brickhavevn way
ahead. Get busy. Give Miss Morris,
Miss Johnson or Mrs. F. M. Nash your
dollar and get your name on the hon
or roll.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ashworth, of
Varina, spent Sunday with Mrs. T. H.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Alien, of Char-'
lotte, motored to Corinth and spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mjrs. T.
A. Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rollins motor
ed to Duncan Sunday and spent the
day with Mr. Rollins' father, D. A.
Rollins.
The Truth school opened last week
with Miss Lassiter, of Aulander,
principal and Miss Gay, of Bunn, as
assistant. Truth is another school that
got caught in Dr. Brook's dragnet of
40 average requi laments. This new re
quirement sprung last Spring after it
was too late and impossible for the
schools aimed at to prepare for it, is
working a temporary hardship upon
all three of the special tax schools ir
this community, but eventually it wil1
overcome. If the districts find out
they cannot make the necessary aver
age, the next move will be consolida
tion, which is always a long step for
ward in rural education.
Mr. Browning is the new section
foreman at Corinth. He takes the place
vacated by Mr. Sessoms.
NEWS FROM OAKLAND SECTION.
MnnMirf nt. 2. Nov. 20. Mr. Will
Love, of Monroe, has been spending a
few davs in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Clegg.
Messrs. (Clarence Harris and An
drew John, of Raleigh, spent the
week-end with Mr. warns uncie, ts.
A. Ferry.
J. R. Knight, of Raleigh, spent last
week with his parents, Mr. and Mis.
C. J. Knight.
F. L. May spent the week-end in
Pittsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Clece and ba-
hioQ nf TTnmlot. snent thp week-end
visiting relatives in this community.
Mr. John womble and tamuy, ot
Hickory Mountain, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Womble's sister, Mrs. j?ranK
Thomas.
Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Clegg, of
Gatesville. are visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clegg, Sr.
Miss Lizzie M. Ulegg speni me
week-end at Rev. J. J. Boone's.
Miss Rprla TTmstead's nuoils enter
tained the school at Chapel exercises
on Wednesday morning, ine nine
folks were well trained and we enjoy
ed the program.
Miss Connelle Gain and ner music
mi nils will eive a musical comedy
next Wednesday evening, November
29th.
Prof. H. G. Self and the high school
boys have taken a great deal of in
terest in cleaning off the school
grounds. They have blown up the lar
ger stumps with dynamite and dug
up the others.
Mr. and Mr. J. V. Tnxton had the
misfortune to lose their baby last Sat
urday morning at 5 o'clock. It was 14
months old and was a very bright
and sweet child. The family has the
deepest sympathy of all in their loss.
He was buried at Mt. .ion lasx Bun
day afternoon.
Prof. L. W. Umstead, principal of
the Holly Spring3 school, and Mr.
Pervis visited Miss Reda Umstead
Saturday and attended the box party
Saturday night.
Messrs J. K. Barnes ad C C.
Thomas visited Mr. J. R. Ray at the
hospital in Raleigh Sunday afternoon
and report his condition mucn im
proved. Of the 530 men and one woman who
are at present members of the House
of Representatives and the Senate,
more than three hundred are lawyers.
BUILD A POME NbW!
DEATH OF GOOD CHATHAM MAN
Death Occurred on Nov. 1st, While
Engaged Helping Neighbor.
Weekly Herald, Nov. 22.
One of the saddest deaths that has
occurred in this section in many
months, was that of our good friend
and neighbor, Mr. Alfred Winfield
Jones, of Rt. 1, Bear Creek, N. C,
which occurred suddenly in the after
noon of November 1, 1922. He was
plowing with Mr. Merritt Brooks in
the later's wheat-field, near Bear
Creek church. Mr. Jones was in appar
ently good health at and after the
noon day meal. He and Mr. Brooks,
the latter's father, Mr. T. D. Brooks,
were working together in the field,
when the elder Mr. Brooks noticed
that Mr. Jones' team was stai.dine-
too long. Upon investigation it was
found that he was dead btween the
plow handles.
Mr. Jones was born March 19th,
1858, and was, therefore, in his 65th
year at the time of his death. He was
a son of the late Mr. Chesley Jones by
his first marriage to a Miss Smith, oi
the Bear Creek section. He had 2 full
sisters, both of whom married Mr.
William Smith, a brother of Rev. Jes
se Lewis Smith, both of whom are
dead. The first left two sons and a
daughter, Solomon and John C, and
Miss Janie Smith, all of the Moon's
Chapel community. The latter left a
daughter, Mrs. Stella Mann, of near
Pittsboro. Mr. Jones had two half
brothers and one-half sister, Rev.
Robt. H. Jones, deceased, Mr. John C.
Jones and Mrs. Cordelia Tillman. The
latter two are all of the family now
living.
The funeral service was conducted
by Mr. Jones' intimate friend, Grover
C. Phillips, and interment was made
at the Myrick Graveyard, near the
former home of A. G. Myrick, now of
Worthville, N. C. A large crowd of
people from this section and other
sections attended the burial. Both of
the surviving children were present,
Mr. John C. Jones and Mrs. Cordelia
Tillman, with their children. Also the
Smith children were there.
Mr. Jones was never married. His
mother died soon after he was born
and he was reared by five maiden
aunts, with whom he lived until all
of them died. There were five Smith
sisters, sisters of his mother. The last
to die was Miss Lucy Smith, in 1915.
Since that time Mr. Jones has lived
alone in the old Smith home where
he was brought up.
Mr. Jones was one of the best loved
inen in all this section. He was schol
arly and of high intellectual mfrnWl""
al Worth and no man could have died
who Will be more generally missed.
For thirty-neve years he had made a
specialty of studying astronomy and
knew the courses of all the planets,
the names and locations of all the
constellations and the various star
systems in the heavens. For a few
years he had ben able to make cal
culations of the weather quite as ac
curately as the calculations of most
astronomers. He also made a special
study of music, both instrumental and
vocal, and was one of the best violin
ists in this section, especially on sa
cred pieces. For many years he was a
photographer, developing and printing
his own pictures at his home. Among
all the activities of his life he did not
leglect his Bible. Such a student he
had been that he was more deeply
versed in Theology than many of our
ininisters of the g - pj', the writei
laving discussed nia.i uep theolog
ical themes with him. It was oui
privilege to visit Mr. Jones' home a
Lew days after his death and to look
into two Bibles which he had read. No
other Bibles that have ever come un
der our observation were more mark
ed than these and in them were many
notations, references, and other indi
cations of close, persistent study.
The deceased never connected him
self with any church, but again and
again he told the writer, during the
years of our acquaintenance, that he
believed and trusted Godand expected
some day to have unfolded to him
the mysteries of the universe which
had occupied so many years of his
life and the study of which he loved
so much. One day we expect to meet
him again and take up the study of
some of the things we had to leave
off here two weeks ago.
Since the death of his father two
years ago, the writer had no better
friend than Mr. Jones, and we cannot
tell how keenly he feels the loss, but
our Father in Heaven knew best when
to take him, and it is only fcr a little
while that we shall be separated.
GROVER C. PHILLIPS.
Bear Creek, N. C, Nov. 17, 1922.
MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND.
Since we printed Mr. Lutterloh's
cotton statement last week, showing
that 6,047 bales of cotton had been
ginned in Chatham up to Nov. 1, 1922,
as against 4,483 for the year 1921,
we have received from the department
of commerce at Washington a report
stating that m the state or rsortn
Carolina up to November 1 192, there
had been ginned 577,094 bales, as
compared with 181,807 in 1921 for the
same date.
THE RAZOUX-REYNOLDS CO.
The Razoux-Reynolds Company, who
will appear at the high school audi
torium in Goldston, Monday night,
November 27th, at 7:30 p. m., apccw
ing as one of the numbers on the lo
cal Piedmont Lyceum Course, are ex
witimiallv r.lever. No efforts to de
ceive is made through claims of super
. i i i "
natural powers, but many oewiiaermg
and ludicrous situations keep the au-
li'ona ii-i rant zt.PTlt.ifn
Mnnnlntrufis. imnersonations and hu
morous readings lend variety to the
nrncram.
Mr. Razoux's escape from the trunk
is most successful and mystifying.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend.
BIG DECEMBER SALE SOON.
Just before we go to press this
week, Mr. C. B. Fitts notines us tnat
Via will want to announce his Decem
ber annual sale in this paper next
week. This sale is always looked
forward to with much interest and our
readers will be interested to know
that it will be announced next week.
Mrs. Hall Poses j
This is the first posed picture of
Mrs. Frances Hall, wife of the New
Brunswick, N. J., rector, who was
found mm tered whb J?is i pretty
Choir sin . Elean
FROM A CHATHAM GIRL.
Interesting Letter About Pineland
School at Salemburg.
Salemburg, Nov. 21. As I am away
from my county and thinking of my
home folks, I wonder if you would al
low me enough space in this week's
paper to tell a few things about the
county and school in which I am now
a student?
Pineland school for girls is located
in the eastern part of North Caro
lina, in the central part of Sampson
county, one of the most progressive
counties of the state. It js surrounded
by long leaf yellow pines from which
its name originated.
This school is not a corporation, but
is owned jointly and equally by Rev.
and Mrs. W. J. Jones.
It would take too much space for
me to tell all about Pineland, but I
will try to tell rc.ne of the wonderful
advantages and opportunities that a
Pineland girl receives.
The course of study fits for any
A-l college, and prepares a girl for
life, and along with this morals and
manners are stressed; personality is
developed and the most is made of
each individual girl.
The girls who attend here are lifted
into higher ideals, and are made am
ikifctnwfT for the best for themselves
and for their homes.
We are taught how to plan a home
and how to preside over it with ease
and grace. We have many talks and
lectures given us on music, pictures,
and decorations for a refined home.
We have three literary societies
TKhich meet every Friday evening,
namely, Philogoram, Philomatheau
and Zatasian. These are very benefic
ial to us, giving us self control, en
larging conversational powers and de
veloping in us the ability to speak
clearly and accurately on our feet.
Every Saturday evening we have
an entertainment on some well known
poet.
We are never found idle at Pine
and; laziness is not known here, for
we are always seen diligently worsing
over our studies, or doing some help
ful work for one another.
Most people of Chatham, no doubt,
has heard of Pineland school but few
know what a great measure of suc
cess it is to North Carolina, and the
girls who attend. I think that anyone
who may visit Pineland will be great-
y impressed with the earnestness, ev
denced and with the seriousness in
every girl as she pursues her task.
If you are ever m this part of the
State, do not fail to visit Pineland.
After one visit here I am sure that
vou will confess that this is a won
derfully high-toned institution, doing
an excellent work, not only in North
Carolina, but other states. We have
girls here from Virginia, Tennessee,
Texas, and other states.
ETHEL DISMUKES.
THE NEW AND THE OLD.
Board of Commissioners Transact On
ly Routine Business in Nov.
The Countv Commissioners were in
session on Monday, Nov. 6, and on
Monday, Nov. 13, practically the only
ousiness being routine. I axes in sev
eral cases were remitted and all the
regular monthly bills allowed.
The largest bills paid out were the
Carolina Construction Co., of Durham,
who had the contract for buildr g the
new county home. Their bill was set
tled in full, amounting to $6,627.99.
W. H. Gurley was paid $1,000 for
plumbing work at the same place and
the Durham Mattress Co., received
$137.71 for mattresses furnished the
same institution.
The old board wil lmeet tlje first
Monday in December and turn over
the affairs of the county to the new
board. The members of the new board
are C. C. Hamlet, C. B. Fitts and E.
E. Wih'on.
Before the recent election there had
been five commippioers, but by an
act of the 1921 legislature the board
was reduced to three members, and
these are certainly sufficient to attend
to the affairs for Chatham county.
NEW SFROM ASBURY.
Sanford, Rt. 4, Nov. 20. The Ep
worth League of Asbury church met
Sunday night, Nov. 19, 1922. A very
interesting program was rendered,
"Why Join The Church" being the
subject.
Roy Steadman, has a new Ford. Miss
Eva Smith was the lucky one and got
the first ride.
Mr. C. M. Pattishall and Miss M.
Belle Williams spent last Sunday in
the home of her parents.
A thanksgiving program wil be
given at Asbury school Wednesday
night. November 29th, 1922 at 7:00
o'clock. In connection with the pro
gram we expect to have string mu
sic. Everyone is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Johnson and
children were visitors in the home of
Mr. J. R. Burns Sunday aftenoon.
BILL.
BUILD A HOME NOW!