The Chatham /Record
ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
SUGGEST TAX CHANGES
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Branson And Dickey Survey Field
And Then Recommend.
In their study, “How Farm Tentnts
Live,” E. C. Branson and J. A. Dickey
do not stop at giving an array of
facts about the two Chatham county
townships covered by their inquiry.
They venture to suggest remedies—
not only for the situation in the
Chatham county district but for the
whole of North Carolina. Their sug
gestions are aimed at some deeply
rooted preconceptions . To some they
will appear revolutionary. It is not
impossible that persons who are hold
ing land for a big -rise in market va
lue will scowl furiously upon one of
the remedies proposed .in this pam
phlet. Yet there are places where the
authors point out these radi
cal cures have been tried successful
ly. . zsl
“A fundamental obstacle to land
township,” writes %r. Branson after
the miserable plight of the farm ten
ants in Chatham has been set forth in
minute details, “lies in the common
law meaning of property. It is a
meaning essentially negative. It is
based on protection for the . owner
against the use of his own, without
his free consent, by anybody else. It
implies no postive obligation on part
of the owner to make any use of it
himself. It is hardly thinkable that the
term could have any other meaning
when applied to personal property,
but when applied to property in land
it has a dogin-the manger meaning
that imperils the safety of civilization,
or so it begins to appear.
“By what essential right human or
divine may a man retain the posses
sion of land that he will not or can
not put to productive users? He has
that right in common law, statute law
and organic law in every country in
Christendom, but landless men are
more and more beginning to suestion
it has a dog-in-the-manger meaning
more than law. It involves both ethics
and religion, in the opinion of Isaiah
of old, who pronounced a woe on
Israel for joining hoilse unto house
and lot unto lot.
“There are 1,380,000 landless souls
in North Carolina . More and more
they are wondering about the 100,000
vacant town lots and the 22,000,000
idle acres of farm land they look upon
everywhere they turn in the home
state —town lots and farm acres held
out of productive-user lor speculative
rises in value, held at prices that a
full half of our people cannot afford
to pay. What they see is land, land,
everywhere and not a rood that aver
age wage-earner or farm tenant can
buy.”
Discourage land idliness* through
taxation—that is the gist of Mr. Bran
son’s : recommendation. He says
“Estate or inheri4anee taxes, trans
fer taxes on increased sale values,
progressive land taxes and the like
are social ways of calling into proper
ty in land—in Belgium and Denmark,
in Great Britain, Australia, New Zea
land and Canada. Soon or late we
shall have to resort to such remedies
in America in behalf of the steadily
increasing multitude of landless men.”
He condemns the tax system now
common in America. “It imposes light
or relatively light burdens on unim
proved town lots and farm lands, and
heavy burdens on logs and farms put
to productive uses by enterprising
owners. It is a system that rewards
the inactive owner of idle lots and
lands and punishes the wage earner
who buys a home or the tenant who
buys a farm."
A little later on he says that the
more industrious the farmer is the
heavier his tax burden becomes. “So
it is everywhere under the uniform
adcalorem tax system—the general
property tax system of this and other
states, a system that has befen abol
ished for state support in North Car
olina but that still remains the basis
of the county and municipal taxa
tion. One may well doubt the essen
tial righteousness of a tax system
that rewards inactivity and punishes
industry thrift and enterprise. 0 -
Federal land banks, it is pointed
out, serve not togtats but landown
ers. They requineCTarm land as col
lateral, and of course the tenant has
no land — if he had he wouldn’t be a
tenant.
Universal education, leading to bet
ter health among tenants and to im
provement in general has to be the
fondation for genuine progress among
farm tenants, but there is a field for
legislative action. • The co-operative
credit union is a device that will go
far to meet the needs of many ten
ants. It is sanctioned by law in sev
enteen states, but failed to develop
into large proportions under state pro
motion, guidance, arid auditing.
“It is almost the sole hope of intel
ligent, industrious, and thrifty tenant
farmers—of some 2,800 worthy white
tenants and some 1,400 worthy negro
tenants in North Carolina. Farm
credit unions are a demonstrated suc
cess in every country of Europe: they
sre a failure in every state of Amer
ica. What the states have failed to
accomplish for landless men, the'fed
eral government must undertake,and
it needs to be undertaken promptly
on a large scalgtn
“Law collateral in
goods and it can create
the machinery #3: acsedit accommoda
tion, adjusted and administered to
meet the peculq&riipeds of both ten
ants and landovnuMr farmers. There
is still much to &irSdone in the field
farm credit institutions, if farm
owners are to thrive* and if farm
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A FEW INCOME TAX FACTS.
Get Acquainted With These Particu
lars and Make Returns.
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In the making of his income tax
return for the year 1922, a tax pay
er, if single, is allowed an exempiton
so SI,OOO. A married person, or head
of a family, whose net income for the
year 1922 was $5,000 or less is al
lowed an exemption of $2,500. The
exemption allowed a married person
or head of a family whose net income
was in excess of $5,000 is $2,000. A
head of a family is a person who ac
tually supports one or more persons
living in his or her household who
are closely related to him or her by
blood, marriage or adoption
An additional credit of S4OO is al
lowed for each person (other than
husband or wife) dependent upon the
tax payer for chief if such
person is under 18''years of age or
incapable of self support .because
mentally'or physically defective. A
single man whose net income for i
1922 was $2,000 and who supports
in his home an aged mother would
have no tax to pay, but would never
theless be to file a return.
The fact that a person’s income may
be nontaxable by reason of the ex-,
emptions does not nullify the requir
ment to file a return if his income
was within the prescribed figures—
sl,ooo if single and $2,000 if married.
The normal tax is four per cent
on the first $4,000 of net income in
excess of the exemptions, and 8 per
cent on the remaining net income.
The tax may be paid in full at the
time of filing return, or in four in
stalments due on or before March j
15, June 15, September 15 and De
cember 15.
FROM A GOOD FRIEND OF OjLJRS ,
Mr. L. K. Beal, of Asheville, has
sent us several" subscriptions from
time to time, and on Jan. 28th he
mailed us another new one, and with
the letter he had the following to
say:
“Just a few words from an old
Chathamite, who is very much in
terested in reading the news in your
valuable paper.
“It would be hard for me to say
much that would be of interest to
your many readers in Chatham. My
brother, C. D. Beal spent Christmas
week visiting relatives in Chatham,
and brought back a very interesting
.report oi. what lie. there... Borne
of our poor relations that are on the
verge of going to the poor house,
have several bales of cotton lying up
in the shed, just waiting for the price
to go down. So we are very proud
to hear of such conditions in Chatham,
it shows that the folks are doing
well. My nephew, Mr. Ira C. Beal,
returned from Chatham last week,
where he had'been visiting his fath
er, J. B. Beal, lit. 3, Pittsboro. He
tells that he has been down in Chatr
ham trying to catch up with his
courting, but I. notice that he failed
to bring his bride with him; guess lie
will have to make another trip.
There is nothing around here that
would be of interest to your read
ers.
Was shocked to read in your pa
per this week of the death of Thos.
A. Beal, of Bear Creek.”
ANOTHER GOOD LIST TO REPORT
The following is a list of new or
renewal subscribers, of whom we are
proud:
E. H. Ward, W. R. Johnson, Mrs.
J. D. Willett, J. C. Gregson, D. W.
Tally, W. D. Bums, Select Newspa
per Association (2), Henry A. By
num, W. C. Henderson, W. V. Cheek,
A. M. Puryear, Zeb. L. Dark, Mrs.
Mila Gilliland, Mrs. George Moore,
H. C Clegg/ J. W. Cheek, Paul T.
Farrell, J. D. Hatcher, G. B. Emer
son, Rufus Jones, B. D. Wilson, Mrs.
R. L. Pugh, Dr. L. E. Farthing, G.
P. Whitaker, Hugh W. Johnson, W.
A. Roberson, Mrs. Lola Andrews, C.
T. Norwood, J. L. Johnson, Mrs. Mary
Barringer, C. F. Hart, G. C. Ellis,
Fred Johnson, John Snipes, John
G6ins„ Mike Harris, R. E. Jones, Dr.
R. M. Farrell, W. W. Robards, L. J.
Womble, J. M. Ray, C. C. Council,
Jarvis Boone, Mrs. G. S. Norwood and
Ira C. Beal.'
LICENSES ISSUED IN JANUARY.
Not so many licenses were issued
in January as there were to couples
in December. During the last month
in the old year 28 marriage licenses
Were issued, while in the month just
passed only 8 were written by regis
ter of deeds Poe, as follows:
Ganis Womble 40, to Berta Clark
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Zeb P. Council 47 to Mrs. Grace
Fearrington 42.
Joe W. Cheek 40 to Ella Brafford
21
Herbert CarroH 26 to Blannie L.
Williams 24.
Dewey Rouse 22 to Mamie Homer
19. ,
Colored.
Charlie Farrington and Mamie Bur
nett.
Early McKay and Mattie Lee Street
Theodore Marsh and Piccola Siler.
Accept it as The Best.
The whole office force is
“down and out” this week with an
old fashioned bad cold, and we are
doing the best we can. Many things
were left out that we would have
been glad to have published, but we
could not handle it with everybody
sick, including the editor. Accept the
paper as the best under the circum
stances.
BUILD A HOME NOW! *
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PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUA { ' 8, 1928.
IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
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Investigation and a Few
Bills Introduced.
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Seven new judicial districts, sev
en new superior court judges and
seven new solicitors are to be creat
ed under the terms of a new bill
which passed the senate last Thurs
day. The bill has been sent to the
house. ,
The bill provides for an increase of
the judicial districts from 20 to 27,
and the division of the state into three
circuits instead of two. Another bill
will be introduced soon allocating the
27 districts among the counties and
this will be followed by a bill pre
scribing as to the term of court in
each county and district.
The fifteen million dollar road bill
has passed both houses and is now a
law. '*
A bill has passed the house calling
for an investigation of Saftitorium.
: It has gone to the senate,
i. It is believed that all solicitors will
be put 6n a' salary basis, as a bill
has * been introduced in the house to
that effect. The bill proposes a $4,-
000 a year salary and traveling ex
pense allowed.
A bill to declare void all mar
riages hereafter contracted by persons
one of whom shall be less than 16
years old, has been introduced in the
senate.
Governor Cameron Morrison ap
peared before a joint session of the
general assembly and demanded an
investigation of. the state’s finances,
because of a statement given out by
A. J. Maxwell, commissioner on cor
\ porations, that a deficit of more than
$5,000,000 existed in the state.
The bill to provide for compulsory
jury service for women, was killed
iin the committee room.
The Judiciary Committee passed
Milliken bill, whch provides for reg
ulation of. secret orders.
The garnishment bill has been
killed in the legislature. ;
The state wide game law is up be
fore the solons this week, but the
chances are that it will be killed.
NEWS FROM ROCKY RIVER.
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Dear Editor: —We wish to tell the
people that we are now traveling on
our new road from church into the
new highway toward Staley. When
the mud dres up we will soon have
a good road.
Last Wednesday four men
hunting and* were soon on the track
of a still. It was running at full
blast, but was overhauled and cap
tured. Its head was tom off, the
worms taken out of it and the stom
ach emptied and a few gallons of its
medicine, that it was manufacturing
taken in tow, but the doctors could
not be located. This outfit was about
a mile east of Liberty, toward Staley.
It had been catching some of the men
in the whole neighborhood, but it is
out of the way now. It was located
near a man’s house.
Sorry to report several cases of
the flu in our neighborhood.
Will tell the folks in a few days
where our quarterly meeting will be
held.
A FRIEND.
NEWS FROM SANFORD THREE.
Sanford, Rt. 3, Feb. s.—Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Salmon ,of Durham, spent
Wednesday night with Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Pickard.
Mrs. Fannie Pickard and son, Carl
ton, spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Poe at Carbonton. They were ac
companied home by Miss Mary Bell
Pickard.
Mr. and Mrs. Roe Allen and son,
Kelly, of Mt. Pleasant, spent Tuesday
night with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pick
. ard.
Miss Julia Pickard has been on the
sick list but is somewhat improved.
Mr. Talmadge Pickard is much im
proved after an illness.
Messrs James Fields ,©f Carthage,
Rt. 4, and J. C. Fields, of Glendon,
spent Thursday night with Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Pickard.
Mr. and Mrs, L. W. Powers, of
Gulf, spent a while Sunday with the
mother of Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Fannie
Pickard.
PASSES SEVENTY-NINE POST.
Mrs. Robert M. Bums passed her
79th mile post last Friday, Feb. 2nd.
To be in company with this good wo
man, and watch her move around,
you would think she was only forty.
In fact, she claims she is only 18 and
does no .tintend to get old or older.
Many presents were received by Mrs.
Burns, showing that her friends had
not forgotten her. May she live to
see many more happy birthdays. Her
husband, Robert M. Bums will be 88
in September of this year. Both these
good Pittsboro people have many ad
mirers. , ...
BITS OF NEWS FROM MOORE. *
Carthage, Rt. 4, Feb. s.—There has
been quite a bit of flu in our section.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Fields and lit
tle son, Leonard, spent the week-end
with their parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Arnold Phillips on Ore Hill, Rt. 1.
The Phoenix Utility Co., will soon
have the line completed through this
section, running from Baden to San
ford. . ..
Mr. R. T. Fields is moving both his
saw mills on a big location near Glen
don.
Andrew is All Smiles.
Monday morning there came to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Bums in Siler City, a baby boy arid
Andrew is all smiles.
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CONTRACTS FOR FOUR MILLION
7/1 $ - 1
Highway Commission Awards Roads
In Scattered Sections.
On February Ist, in Raleigh, there
were four million dollars worth of
contracts lot for roads and bridges,
including hard surface, sand asphalt,,
and tofc soil roads and concrete
bridges. i
i This was not the biggest letting
but one of the greatest, and every
district was touched in the contracts
let. -.M:' _
Contract No. 403 was for Chatham
county and calls for 7 and one tenth
miles of top soil graded road, run
ning .form the Wake county line to
'Lee county line, on the Raleigh to
Sanford highway. Contract was let
to C. G. Kershaw for $40,567, the
bridges are included in the contract.
The highest bid on hard surface
road was barely less than $39*000.
The lowest bid being $21,800. These
were in Pitt county. -7
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FROM OUR FRIEND DORSETT.
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Mr. Editor:—This town is situated
on the eastern coast of Florida, near
the mouth of Indian river and about
150 miles, south of Jacksonville. There
is a permanent population. of about !
2,500 people, which is usually in- J
creased in the winter season to per
haps four or five thousand by the in-!
flux of northern tourists.
It is really a lovely place in either
winter or summer, but most espec
ially so in winter and early Spring, i
All kinds of beautiful shrubbery and ,
flowers are full blast, and the;
orange graves are a perfect delight
to the htunan eye, with much of
the golden, luscious fruit still left
on the trees. The city markets are
now loaded with fresh garden pro
ducts, suck; as strawberries, peas, to
nwoes, potatoes arid other things : —
all grown in the'immediate neighbor
hood. •
• Fishing is fine anywhere for miles
up and down, the Indian river. A fish
known as the Jew fish has been caught
here, which weighed as much as six
hundred pounds. Places like Miami,
Palm Beach and other larger resorts
have no advantage over a resort like
this one excepting that they have
deep water and can admit larger ves
sels. Many small ships are plying
around hs|e daily for the benefit of
sportsmejiljgjML we have a,ll the other
conditiflfltffciiif and good water
-and <*an pbS’- 1
sibly be had at these larger and more
expensive resorts. Gredt canals and
larger ditches are being cut from
points on the cdast to the interior
of . the state, which sections after be
ing thoroughly drained will be set
tled up and become one of the gar
den spots of the world. The Florida
Eastern Coast Railroad touches near
; the beach all the way from Jackson
; ville to Miami, along which there are
i many winter resorts, all of which are
being well patronized.
Places like St. Augustine, Dacoma,
Ormandsville and others where we
notice many northerns getting off for
a sojourn through the balance of the
winter.
By the way, I notce in the papers
published here that Count Stolsti, son
of the great Count Stolsti, of Rus
sia, who was a man of worlA fame
a few years ago, Is to lecture at Da
coma, a town about fifteen miles
above here soon. He is to be introduc
ed by Williams Jennings Bryan—so
you that east Florida is on the
map.
Most residences here are not large
and expensive, but are beautiful in
many respects, being so beautifully
surrounded with palmetto trees and
other beautiful shrubbery, together
with grassy lawns and lovely parks,
as well as drive ways.
I look for a time to come when
many people from “Greenland’s Icy
Mountains” will come down to live
on “Florida’s Coral Strands.”
I must close with promise to write
more later on, after visiting some of
the old historical places which I think
of doing later on, when I hope to be
able to make it more interesting.
W. T. DORSETT,
New Smyrna, Fla., Jan. 30, 1928.
DEATH OF ROBERT L SUTPHIN.
After an illness of three weeks,
Robert L. Sutphin died at his home
■in Pittsboro on Thursday morning;
February 1, at about 1 o’clock. His
death was caused from a prostrate
condition of the bladder.
Mr. Sutphin was a Confederate
Veteran, having served three years
in Penick’s Battery and was withGen*-
eral Lee at Appomattox, at the sur
render. ~
He was born in Halifax county,
Va., September 14, 1844, and was in
his 78th year. He was married to Miss
Mary John Stroud in 1876. She died
in 1902.
The following children survive him:
, Mrs. W. E. Brooks and Mrs. Cooper
Harris, of Pittsboro; Mrs. N. D.
IPritchett and James S. Sutphin, of
Brawley, California; R. L. Sutphin,
Jr., Huntington, W. Va., Mrs. J. A.
Thames, Washington, D. C., Miss
Irene Sutphin, Oteen, and one sister,
Mrs. M. K. Horton, Burkeville, Va.
The remains were taken to Bur
lington where they were interred in
the cemetery from the church of the
Holy. Comforter, by the side of his
wife. „ .
Mr. Sutphin was well known m
Pittsboro and N had many friends who
will regret to learn of his death. .
All of his children were at his bed
side at the time of his death, except
his daughter and son in California.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Far
rell N Sunday, Feb. 4th, a son.
WILLIAM GRISWOLD IS DEAD.
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Visitors and Local News of Interest 1
From Bear Creek.
Bear Creek, Rt. 2, Feb. 5.—D. M.
Womble has been confined to his room
with flu. .
J. V. Beavers, of Greensboro, is
visiting -home folks.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Moffitt,
January 25, a daughter.
Mrs. Mary L. Dowdy, after visit
ing her sons in Danville* Va., has re
turned for a short stay with her sis
ter, Miss Belle Beal, of Rt. 2.
Miss A. G. Hart has flu; also the
family of W. M. Maness.
Mrs. W. I. Williamson and sons,
Harold and Wilbur, were week-end
visitors in tho home of T. B. Beal.
An infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Griswold was buried at Sandy Branch
last week. \ :, ' } ’ .
J. William Griswold died at . his
home last Thursday. He had the flu
and continued sick until the end came.
The entire family, except one child
was sick with the flu. Mrs. Griswold,
has been very low*' too,. -/but more
hope is held out for'her recovery now
than a few days a gq.
It is very sad to note the death of
Mr. Griswold., The-writer has known
i him personally only about seven years
. but he had won our affection, and !
j we shall miss him. He is survived by j
j his wife and five children, all girls; j
one brother, .J. F. Griswold, of
I Greensboro. May God in His great J
j mercy, comfort those bereft by the
j sudden takiiig away of the husband
1 and father. .
j Miss Mary George Blair, who ■is
i attending • SCIIO9I at Pittsboro, spent
the week-end in the ,home ■of her
grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. N.
Smith. • l ;
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coggins, and J.
F. Coggins, Jr., were visitors in the
home of his father Saturday night!
and Sunday.
Henry Maness’ people have moved
to Cumnock.
Miss Florence Fields, of Greens- j
boro, is visiting hr mother, Mrs. O.
D. Wicker.
PHIL.
MEMORIAL J. C. HARMON.
Joseph C. Harmon was bom July
29, 1846, and died December 31, 1922.
During these seventy-six > years he
lived his life nobly, h>e Conducted
himself wisely, fought "his battles
-bravely, and. *lied with a child like
faith in Christ. '
When the time of departure came,
he was ready for the homeward
journey. When the “old Ship of Zion”
pulled in shore, and the trumpet
sounded, he asked not for another
day. But with a far away, upward,
homeward look, he fixed his eyes. 'His
body fainting, bis feet sore from
tramping the rugged highways for so
many years, his hands hard and hom
ed from toil, his bony, massive, duty
brow, bearing the marks of many
storms, his countenance shining in the
light of eternity; with his children
standing on .the wharf to see him off,
he said “Farewell.”
Them stepping aboard the old ship
with her sails already unfurled, pull-'
ed the anchor, pushed out to sea, and
was soon at home in peace.
Brother Harmon loved his country,
laid his life upon her altars, fought
and slept behind prison bars in her
defense, and did his bit in making •
our civilization what it is.
He loved the church of Chrst, and
was an active member for most of
his life, haying joined at ’ Chatham
church ,and later moving his member
ship to Mt. Zion, and was faithful
to his vows and obligations to the
end of his journey.
He loved his home possibly better
than any other institution. Here he
lived his life. Only those that saw
him daily could speak as to his faith
fulness. He never pushed Himself be
fore the public, nor asked for public
favors, but quietly without the sound
ing of trumpets he lived , out his life
in the precinct of his own family.
Here you will find him in the riiost
trying hours of his life, loving, pray
ing, working, planning, hoping, sacri
ficing, and pouring out the sweat of
his .brow, and the blood of his soul
upon his family altar, to enrich the
l#es of his ehldren. To saye others,
himself he could not save. He was
1 wiling to' suffer that others, might
[have life in all the fullness of his
day.
Brother Harmon left behind one
brother, Mr. John Harmon, of Pitts
boro, his wife Mrs. J. C. Harmon and
five, children: A. O. Harmon, Raleigh,
N. C., Mrs. W. W. Stedman, Moncure,
N. C., Floyd S. Harmon, J. Lee Har
mon, Miss Ola Harmon, Pittsboro, and
George D. Harmon, Philadelphia.
May God bless. each of you and
your home life. May He keep you
from all harm, and save you from ev
ery danger. May each of you be
ready when the summons^comes.
J. J. BOONE, Pastor.
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DEATH OF AN INFANT.
Wiliam Kent, the infant*son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Overacre, died at
their Home in Pittsboro last Satur
day. Pneumonia was the immdeiate
cause of its death. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. J. J. Boone,
ajrid interment was in the Baptist cem
etery in Pirksboro on Sunday.
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU PAY
j IT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR
WHAT YOU PAY, THAT
COUNTS WHEN YOU BUY
FROM AN ADVERTISER!
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VOLUME XLV, NO. 27.
OFFICERS ELECTED FOR YEAR,
Honor Grade Pupils at Bells—The
Bad VVeather Interferes.
Apex, Rt. 4, Feb. s.—Owing to the
bad roads the attendance for the past
month at Bells school has not been so
good. The average attendance being
only 131.31. However, the majority of
the pupils,have returned and we hope
they may realize that opportunity
does not often , knock more than
once at a door, and they will grasp
it while it lingers.
Those who were present every day
last month are as follows:
First grade—Mary Diggs, Jessie
McGee. . •
Second grade—-Nina Shelton.
Third grade—Mildred Deans, Cath
erine Johnson, Lois Horton, Levin
Holleman. s
, Fourth grade—John Howard.
Fifth grade—Bun Johnson, Ernest
Deans, Katherine Womble.
Sixth grade—Faust Johnson, Es
ther Jones, Lina Bowling. —^
Seventh grade—Ted Johnson, Paul
Atwater, Trannie Ellis, Inez Morgan,
Eighth .grade—John Atwater, Cath
erine Morgan, Estus Morgan.
Ninth grade—Hal Baldwin, Hallie
Bryan.
On Friday, January 9th, the Clax
tone Literary Society reorganized for
the Spring term and elected the fol
lowing officers:
President—Jessie Horton .
j Vice-president—Hugh Holleman.
Secretary and treasurer—Hal. Bald
win. 7
Assistant secretary —John Cash.
Program Committee—William Far
rar, Pattie Stone and Hallie Bryan.
The teachers of the eastern group
of schools held the second reading
circle meeting here last 1 Friday af
ternoon .Our principal is conducting
the work and the discourses are both
interesting and instructive. The class
will meet every Friday until the work
is completed.
| The Chapel exercises on Wednes
j day, from now until the close of the
school, will be conducted by pupils
from the different grades. The fol
lowing program was rendered by Miss
Utley’s pupils last Wednesday:
Song—America.
Devotional exercises—Minnie Bello
Goodwin.
Essay on Chatham county—Palmer
Copeland. _
Recitation—A Chatham Boy—-Onyx
Hunt. »: -
Reading—My Native Land—Ted
JohßSOtb-* • -7r '> 1" *
Chatham Acrostic—Seven girls.
Song—O, Chatham.
Miss Baldwin’s pupils will present
a health program next Wednesday.
The fifth and sixth grades from Miss
Burgess’ room will have charge of a
Lincoln program the following Wed
nesday. Miss Greene’s pupils will ren
der a Washington program the next
Wednesday. Visitors are always wel
come at. our school ,and especially at
these special exercises. %
There will be an old time fiddlers
convention in the school auditorium
Thrusday evening, March 8. First and
second prizes will be given. Admission
25 cents and 15 cents. Public .from
far and near is cordially invited. The
Convention is under the management
of Mr. F. K. King, a veteran fiddler, ~
and the program will be a success.
. The pupils in the high school de
partment are planning to- present
the play, “A Daughter o£ the Des
ert” sometime this mpnth. The pro-,
ceeds will be* for the school.
Mrs. Chas .tycKay and little son,
Frank ,of Sanford, and Mrs. John
Horton and little daughter, Eloise,
spent last week here with their fath
er, Mr. Ruffin Farrar.
Hal Baldwin ,one of our truck driv- -
ers, is attending the tractor school
at Pittsboro this week. Leon Wilson
is substituting as driver. ,
The many frends of. Dr. Upchurch
are very glad to see him able to be
out again./ ’
STUDENT.
A VALENTINE PARTY TUESDAY.
The Health Department of the Wo- ,
mans Club of Pittsboro will give a
Valentine party at the Club rooms
Tuesday night, Feb. 13. The Allow
ing attractions will be interesting to
both young and old:
Two Gypses will be present. Come
and see what your future, has in
store for you.
Valentine postoffice. Mail will be
delivered to all children present.
A prize will be given to the child
dressed the most attractively, repre
senting some feature of r Valentine
day. Each child entering the parade
contest must be masked.
There will be a prize given to the
couple that best represents some well
known characters, as
Mutt and Jeff.
Maggie and Jiggs, or
Romeo and Juliet. /-
Come and see the other attractions.
Party from 8 to 10. Admission 10
cents.
ITEMS FROM OAKLAND SECTION*
Moricure, Rt. 2, *Feb. s.—Wilson
Bums is visiting his sister ,Mrs. Au
brey Goldston at Whte Lake.
Miss Alice Bland spent the week
end with Miss Lena Burns!.
- W. B. Knight is working near
Moncure, and his family is boardng
at the home of Mr. T. B. Clegg.
Miss Lizzie M. Clegg is visitng her
sister, Mrs. W. C. Henderson.
C. J. Knght has about recovered
from a slight attack of influenza.
There are several others in the com
munity sick with colds.
George Bums spent last week work
ing in Moncure.