ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
SCHOOL fund.
. for Coming Sens'®" Ex ‘
BudS cwd Hundred Thousand.
x v K o ard of education has
The 12 550.82 to operate the
ask# 1 , fw county during the
schools , iqoq_24.
n « t se S" r "v°fund for the six months
TJf. The apportionment to
i; tlie State Equalizing
€ha J thal ? 9 ?560 90. The balance of the
fundlS Sd will be raised by taxa
salary
t i° n is * f expenses cf the coun-
Tl,e Tfuet and expenses of all the
ty bo ,v Schools, for building and re
countv Snol houses, for buying and
for ; epayinß loans to
oper S and all other necessary ex
the St If the school in Chatham is
penses oi w**
Sl V? 4B 'f «000 of ‘-his amount will
l/S bfdog tax, poll tax. fines
¥ lanres etc., leaving a balance of
to lie raised by tax on proper
ty, leaves approximately $75,- ,
999.92, the total amount to be raised j
b y T Je*f figures represent the total
J fund to be raised by the county ,
ttx on property for schools for six j
j Jr Schools continuing longer
i m °p Lid for by local taxation. There-
total for Chatham for the
next session is $112,550.82.
| This is the budget required by law
. Kp made up by the county board of
Ration and presented to the county
commissioners for action in levying
taxes for the year*
BROWN’S CHAPEL NEWS.
Pittsboro, Rt. 2, July W.-Uast Sat-.
urdav was a great day at Brown s,
Chapel, as an interdenominational
Sundav school convention was held
there at 11 o’clock The meeting was ,
called to order by President C. H. Lut
terloh; Mr. J. T. Mann conducting
| the devotional exercises. An address
| of welcome by H. F. Durham, of
! Brown’s Chapel. Response E. J. Clark
of Emmaus. An able address by Rev.
R. R. Gordon, pastor of Pittsboro and
Emmaus, songs intermingled. Then
came the dinner hours and a grand
sight it was to stand at one end and
watch the good women of various
churches spread their most delicious j
cooking of all kinds of goodies. I have
I ?een bees working but never any busi- .
er than the people were around this
46 foot table, and very wide, 47 cakes j
| were counted. Quite a small crowd
from Brown’s Chapel but all seemed
to greatly enjoy it.
After dinner led by Mr. R. G. El
lington, of Emmaus, the singers of
various churches joined together in
I good, old fashioned songs.
Rev. J. J. Boone made an address
Mr. H. G. Self, of Saplin Ridge, also
made a fine address. After these
I some short talks by I. W. Durham and
C. N. Justice that were good. All
I that failed to attend missed what
I ought to help we Sunday school
I workers.
I Mr. R. G. Cheek and family, of
I Carrboro, spent the week-end at Mr.
I J. T. Mann’s.
Miss Annie Mann, of Bonlee Sum-
I mer School, spent the week-end at
I home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I l T. Mann.
I Mrs. I. N. Ray and children, of
■ Carrboro, spent the with
I Jier parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Dur-
I nam and her brother, H. F. Durham.
William Cole and family, of
I war Chapel Hill, spent Sunday with
I bis son. N. R. Cole.
1 5 j- W. Lutterloh and wife spent
■ jmday evening at his brother’s, C. H.
I Luterloh’s.
I f l° a d of young people went
If! Durham’s last Saturday as-
I 010011 to see the 740 baby chicks,
■a so some others went. Mr. H. L.
■ °/ and his associate
I info • school, had an
I and™ I®'* 1 ®'* Mr. Durham last week
I and t?S ste( * tie try poultry raising
I dthat th ey would give him a course
■ °n the general poultry line.
I nifcriL Sunda y Rev. J. J. Boone
I “Heaven” 5 S A^ non °, n . the subject of
I semV A /ter which communion
■ services we re held.
■ urdav t H - Dark was at Chapel Sat
■ Daik i« 01 v^ rst me this year. Mrs.
l at home a^°Ut same — st Dl shut in
trust a trap]
I to do the S‘t ys <lepend upon a tra P
I Mr. C. p V?/ k ejected. Last fall
■ trap i n u'i PtfePi of Truth, set a steel
IttwasnotiLi and last week
■ A day or t ( Jhat the trap was gone,
■ten while L° +1 later Master J. H Cot-
■ tn hg flv fivnl spr ' n " noticed some
|^t°be an o and {t prov "
B etl to the hr.', ’ 1 il( r y°uug man slip
ft; ot the owl L his gun and
ivourui 1 ’l e chain to the trao (
Br PCfit »rv ; h; ” the tree and it was |
■ w .°''Tmea.u,.r > -? I '- tl Ret !t down-i
■o tlp , - Jl, i 06 inches from tip
I Acood Ust OF FRIENDS.
IB the foiv .• '— —■
f or y°°d people have sub
i"^ e: paper since our last
■ b^soT'Eh"’^ r - C - R - Sears, A.
Kwj fh' D - H - Hart -
BP’ J °e J Rati Hat J ey ’ Rev - R. E.
■'.R 0( S e > A. D T?n’n Jes^ e Dark > D.
Ic’ n? Um » Mrs < nl e ’. C v F - Dean,
Bood‘J oberts , T R C n m ? Desmonds, ,
Er ln ’ w. t> Vv Buc hanan, J. R.
T* J - S w; M * Maddox, F. A.-
Milvel ei p’ 9* W- Perry, ’
B-B t e J °hnson w d r, W - Dynum. 1
f ‘ Jone s and R ’A,Grawford
M H. Abernathy.
The Chatham Record
S. S. CONVENTION AT HANKS.
Pennant to Be Given to Sunday School
Most Largely Represented.
One feature of the approaching
Chatham County Sunday School Con-'
vention at Hanks Chapel Christian
church, three miles east of Pittsboro,
Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29,
will be the presentation of a beauti
ful pennant, 18x36 inches, to the Sun-.
day school having present the largest
number of represetatives over six-'
teen years of age, according to the
number of miles traveled. The num-'
ber of representatives from a given 1
Sunday school will be multiplied by
number of miles from that church to
the convention church and the school
having the largest total will receive
the pennant. The Sunday school with
which the convention is held and any
other school within one mile will not
compete for the pennant
There will be a roll call of town
ship, when a record will be made of
the number of Sunday schools repres
ented from each township, as well as
■ the number from each school, and the
! number of pastors, superintendents
and teachers present. <
The county and township Sunday
! school association officers who are
i promoting plans for the Convention
are: County President, Mr. C. E. Dun
can; County Secretary, Mrs. Henry I.
Stone; Township Presidents: Jas.
Pike, M. M. Cox, G. C. Phillips, C. W.
Womble, A. C. Ray, M. H. Woody, N.
J. Dark, S. W. Willette.
These officers are requesting the
cooperation of all pastors, superiten
dents and other Sunday school lead
ers in the effort to make the conven
tion a success.
The two out-of-county speakers on
the convention program will be Mr.
D. W. Sims, general superintendent of
North Carolina Sunday School Asso
ciation, and Miss Flora Davis, Assist
ant Superintendent. Both Mr. Sims
and Miss Davis are well trained and
experienced Sunday school workers.
With these two outside speakers and
the splendid local talent, the county
officers feel that an interesting pro
gram is assured.
SPECIAL SESSION EXPECTED.
General Assembly Failed to Make Ap
propriation for Prison.
Possibility of a special session of
the General Assembly for an entirely
unexpected, purpose, looamUM* yester
day when it was announced that a
member of the staff of the State Audi
tor had discovered that the 1923 Gen
eral Assembly while placing the State
Prison on an appropriation basis, fail
ed to make any appropriation to cov
er maintenance of the institution.
Those State officials who would spe
culate on the possibility last night
ranged in expression from assurance
that nothing save an act of the legis
lature can cure the defect to equal
assurance that the bill, which requir
ed an appropriation to function, fail
ed of itself when the appropriation
was not furnished.
Attorney General J. E. Manning
was out of town last night and As
sistant Attorney General Frank Nash
could not be reached. The Governor,
it is understood, leaned toward the be
lief that a special session would be
necessary.
“It jwas a plain case of oversight
that no appropriation was made for
the Prison, but I am unable to fix the
responsibility until I have time to ex
amine the records of my committee
in Raleigh,” declared Walter Murphy,
chairman of the joint appropriations
committee over the telephone last
night.
“I recall distinctly that the bill was
initiated by the committee of One
Hundred of which I am a member
and I also recall that the bill was
discussed before my committee in the
General Assembly and passed unani
mously,” said Mr. Murphy tonight.
“I was under the impression that
Mr. Pou had the bill passed and I can
not understand why no bill was intro
duced making the appropriation or
why this institution was not includ
ed in the general appropriation bill,
unless it was due to the fact that the
bill appears to have passed during the
rush of the last days of the session.”
“I think a special session will be
necessary unless members of the
Council of State and the directors of
the prison will become responsible for
the necessary funds,” he concluded.
BASEBALL.
Pittsboro went to Fuquay Springs
last Saturday to play the ball team
of that place. A large crowd was in
attendance to watch Pittsboro win
from Fuquay, which they did to the
tune of 7 to 9. The feature of the
game was the hitting of the two Wil- •
liams boys—Ben and Herbert.
Fuquay will come to Pittsboro next'
Thursday, July 26, to play team here, j
Let’s give them a rousing reception. \
Remember Pittsboro has lost only two!
games this season. Our boys will
need your encouragement as the Fu
quay aggregation is coming here to j
win the game—if they can.
The Siler City ball team !e «" - i
day for Albemarle where they play
two days.
All Asked to Attend.
We are requested to say that the
church grounds and the cemetery at
Gum Springs Baptist church will be
cleaned off on Friday, July 27th. Ev
eryone in the community and anyone
who may wish to do so are asked to
be present and assist in the work.
LOOK AT YOUR LABEL
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 19,1923.
FINE WATER SYSTEM.
The Commissioners Have Installed a
New Pumping Station.
The county commissioners have in
installed in the court house a fine
water system, not only for the coun
ty officers and citizens generally, but
in case of fire to the court house and
jail and nearby buildings,
j Out at the pumphouse in the rear
, of the court house a big tank that
i will hold 10,000 gallons of water, has
, been placed near the pump and is con
i nected with pipes from the pump. An
| electric motor does the work at the
pump, the old hand pump having been
done away with. A guage on the Mg
tank tells how much pressure there is.
The pressure, as it stands now, is
about 40 pounds to the inch, but if a
stronger pressure is needed, a screw
is turned and in a few minutes 200
pounds can be raised, which with hose
attached, will throw water over the
tallest building in Pitce boro. In other
words, the new pump and tank is a
regular fire fighter as well as furnish
ing water for the court house.
New pipes have been run all over'
the building for the use of closets and
drinking purposes. Down in the hall- |
way of the court house is a recepta- ,
cle for drinking water. On the inside
i§ a place for the ice and it requires '
only a few pounds of ice daily to keep
the water cool which is a saving of j
ice in itself. When you want a drink
of water you turn a screw and the
i water spurts out a few inches above
drinker putting his mouth down and
gets his fill of water without torch
ing his lips to anything. I
The county commissioners deserve
the thanks of the people of the coun
ty, many of them having business to
attend to in the court house, and the
people of Pittsboro especially, because
when several hundred feet of hose are
attached to this tank it gives the town
a protection from fire.
t NEW HILL NEWS.
New Hill, Rt. 2, July 16.—Lightn
ing struck the home of Mr. Sexton
Sauls Friday afternoon. Part of the
brick were knocked off the chminey.
Mr. R. F. Sturdivant’s dog was under
the house beside the chimney and was
' instantly killed. Mrs. Floy Sauls was
r burned, her clothing catcnmg fire, al
so the bed clothing on the bed where
she was. It was some few hours be
fore she recovered.
, -Misses Maggie vxuhfcer and Mary
, Olinger, of Sanford, were Sunday
guests of Miss Blanche Holt.
Miss Mabel Mann spent last week
with relatives in Durham.
Mrs. S. V. Holt, of Moncure, spent
Sunday with Mrs. W. A. Drake. Mrs.
j Drake has been unable to attend
church for a few weeks, but we were
glad to see her at preaching Sunday.
Messrs. Simon Webster, of Durham,
and Wm. Webster, of Apex, Rt. 4,
were guests Wednesday at the home
. of Mrs. Addie Webster. {
. ! Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Beckwith, Mrs.
l J. C. Lasater, Misses Hilda Lasater
• and Mozelle Poe motored to Durham
; and Raleigh Wednesday. I
J Johnnie Gatlin, of Raleigh, spent a
I few days last week with his brother,
, Britt Gatlin.
. j Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Thomas and
5 children, of Raleigh, spent a few days
j recently with relatives in this com
; munity.
•, Friday morning a dog with hydro
* phobia bit Mr. D. L. Thomas’ bird dog
. and three young hounds belonging to
k ! Mr. Sam Thomas.
I I Miss Vava Drake, of Raleigh, is
\ spending a few days with her parents.
-! Messrs. A. G. Mann, J. L. Goodwin
and W. M. Goodwin were 1 delegates to
5 the Sunday school convention held at
t Catawba Springs last week. They were
I representing New Elam Christian Sun
; day school. It was decided that the
5 ! convention meet in 1924 at New Elam.
' Mrs. Luke Duke and Mrs. J. B.
Beckwith are ill. We wish for them
; a speedy recovery.
! COMPROMISE KU KLUX CASE?
Rumor to This Effect is Current in
Lumberton.
! Lumberton, July 16.—1 f reports cir
| culated throughout the court house
: and the town of Lumberton today are
true, the Ku Klux Klan case, opening
’ |of which has been postponed until to
; morrow, in /which R. M. Lawson, chief
1 of police of Fairmont, and Jule Brod
gden and John Hedgpeth, of Proctor
ville, are charged with first degree
burglary and kidnapping, arising from
the alleged flogging last April of Mrs. 1
Mary Watson and Mrs. Hattie Purvis,
1 a plea of guilty will be made by the
i defendants and* a compromise effect
ed. I
j Counsel for the defense denies the,
report, however, as does the solicitor >
! and private prosecution, all of whom
I are making arrangements for the
! hardest fought and longest legal battle
iin history of Robeson county. Each
| side has arrayed imposing legal for- (
! ces. Upwards of 50 witnesses have
been summoned. (
H. H. Taliaferro, also alleged to (
be a member of the Ku Klux Klan,
jwas recently arrested on charges in- ‘
Ivolving alleged attempts to tamper 1
with witnesses in the case. j
The three men are alleged to have ,
been members of a hooded band which
broke into the home of Mrs. Hattie
Purvis, of Proctorville, on the night
of April 14, and took her and Mrs.
Mary A. Wilson to a negro church
yard near by where they were laid
over a log and lashes applied to their \
bare flesh while their nakedness was t
exposed in the glare of flashlights. i
That the actual flogging was done
by Lawson, Mrs. Purvis testified at
the preliminary hearing here. |
$
TA3£ RETURNS BEFORE JITS *L
Capital Stock and Occupation $ faxe»
Must be Paid to Avoid Pe ties.
Sid penalty, return? id pay
it be made on or ) are July
of the miscellanea j occupa
;es, the special to ico manu
’ tax and the s j *al tax on
| boats, for by the
Act of 1321, says Internal
Collector from Raleigh,
stock tax returns also must
on or before July 31, pay
ig required on 10 days notice
ind by the collector,
venue Act provides that “ev
ery domestic corporation shall pay an
nually a special excise tax with re
spett to carrying on or doing business
equivalent to $1 for each SI,OOO of so
mu® of the fair average value of its
capftal stock for the preceding year
end|bg June 30 as is in excess of $5,-
tal j&tock the surplus and undivided
promts shall be included. Every for
eign corporation shall pay annually a
special excise tax with respect to car
rying on or doing business in the
United States, equivalent to $1 for
each SI,OOO of the average amount of
capital employed in the transaction
of its business in the United States
during the preceding year ending June
30A£
EVfery domestic corporation must
maki a return on Form 707 even tho’
the kw may indicate that it is ex
empt from tax. The question of ex
emption is one for determiantion by
the commissioner of internal revenue.
A * foreign corporation is “carrying
on of doing business” in the United
Statii if it maintains an agent, or an
office or a warehouse in the United
StatM or in any other way enters the
Unites States for the purposes of its
business.
Following are the miscellaneous oc
cupational taxes: brokers, SSO; pawn
brokers, $100; ship brokers, SSO; cus
tomhouse brokers, SSO; proprietors of
theaters, museums, and concert halls
wherk a charge for admission is made
havipg a seating capacity of not more
than 250, shall pay a tax of SSO; hav
ing a seating capacity of more than
250 and not exceeding 500, $100; hav
ing a seating capacity exceeding 500
and not exceeding 800, $150; having
a seating capacity of more than 800,
S2OO.
Persons carrying on the business of
renting passenger auto
moßiles ror hire are required to pay
$lO for each such automobile having
a seating capacity of more than 2 and
not more than 7, and S2O for each au
tomobile having a seating capacity of
more than 7.
DR. BRYAN PLEASES AUDIENCE.
New Hill, July 16.—We considered
ourselves fortunate in having Dr. Bun
Bryan, a member of the faculty of
i Wake Forest college, and a former
Chatham county man, to address us at
Bonsai-New Hill school building on
the evening of July 13.
| Dr. Bryan is indeed an able speak
er. He held his audience exceptional
ly well* In an unusually tactful man
ner he impressed the importance of
an education to boy or girl and es
pecially did he emphasize the import
ance of having a firm foundation upon
which to build an education.
He illustrated this by the Wool
worth building, of New York City. A
building 57 stories high, whose foun
dation rests upon rock, for which the
builders had to dig one hundred feet
in the earth. This was especially
timely, as the lack of a firm founda
tion seems to be the missing link in
modern education, so to speak.
It was indeed a splendid address.
Doubtless any audience would have
shown the same interest, however, we
as Chatham county people, claim a
larger appreciation of Dr. Bryan be
cause we consider him one of Chat
ham’s truly great sons,
NEW HOPE WINS.
Merry Oaks, July 14.—New Hope
added another victory when they
trounced Hanks Chapel team 28 to 4.
Dwight Webster, the New Hope pitch
ing ace, was in perfect form after the
first inning, and held the visitors at
his mercy throughout the rest of the
game. Hanks Chapel used three pitch
ers in order to stop the slugging.
White started in the bix and fared
badly for five innings. Farrell was
called in and soon knocked out. At
water finished the game. Jones made [
a sensational catch in left field in the !
first frame for New Hope. The field- \
ing of the entire New Hope team
was good.
A FEW NEW DOCTORS.
The State Board of Examiners have
granted license to ninety-three new
doctors in North Carolina, sixty-five
on written examination and twenty
eight by endorsement of credentials.
A total of one hundred and forty
one applicants presented themselves
during the session held in Raleigh.
Allen R. Anderson, of Statesville,
made the highest average on examina
tion.
Those nearest us to secure license
were Joseph Eugene Burns, of Golds
ton, and Oscar Sexton Goodwin, of
Apex.
London’s Big Sale.
In another column in this paper will
be found an advertisement in regard
to W. L. London & Son’s sale, begin
ning on Saturday, July 21. It is
worth your time to read it.
BUILD A HOME NOWI
THE ROAD MEETING.
k Quite a Representative Gathering As
sembled at Court House Thursday
A meeting for the promotion of
the interests of Chatham county and
the other central counties of the State
was held in the court house in Pitts
boro last Thursday. The people of
the county turned out en masse and
this congregation was swelled by rep
resentative delegations from Durham,
Orangey Lee and Granville counties.
Many prominent men of this section
of the State were present.
The primary object of the meeting
was to forward the interest of Chat
ham in the hard-surfaced highway
connecting Sanford and the counties
to the norths Hon. W. P. Horton was
, presiding officer.
Mayor A. C. Ray, of Pittsboro, of
. sered the address of welcome and
. pointed out that this route (No. 75)
, was the most direct in the linking of
[ the north and south by highway.
Daniel L. Bell followed and suggest
_ ed the organization of an association
. to assist in the fight for the preier
, ence of route 75. over route 50.
1 Sen. Jas. L. Griffin, of Pittsboro,
i stressed the point that Chatham had
L not a foot of hard-surface within her
. border and urged that she put up a
I fight for her just share of the $65,-
000,000 to be expended on good roads
- in the State. Mr. Griffin's address
'> was followed by a short talk by Mr.
W. S. Roberson, mayor of Chapel
* Hill, in which he assured the people
r of this county that they had the full
support of Orange.
! Mr. E. D. Nall, a prominent busi
j ness man of Sanford, emphasized the
{ fact that route 75 would open up a
I way to the University of North Caro
[ lina for people from all parts of the
' State and expressed Lee county’s
hearty co-operation in the promotion
of this route.
Dr. J. M. Manning, mayor of Dur
’ ham, left the atmosphere filled with
j good humor that his wit brought to
; the audience. Dr. Manning is a na
’ tive of Chatham and was delighted
; with his first trip here in 35 years and
| endorsed the views advocated by
’ Messrs. Ray and Bell. He flayed the
wire pulling politicians of Raleigh to
J a finish.
, Judge A W Graham, of Oxford, stat
’ ed that the people of Raleigh wanted
’ route 50 or nothing and after assert
. ing that the people of Chatham coun
■ ty were of a breed of fighters and
‘ the backbone of the~-“figft tinge st”
, j State in the union, beseeched them
j to rally round the standard of route
75 and fight to the last ditch,
j; Hon. Walter D. Siler, former so
• licitor of the 4th judicial district,
made an inspiring talk, lauding the
county and pleading that the citize. s
. of this vicinity put up the battle of
j their lives for the hard-surfaced high
j way that would open up to others this
God’s gardent spot.
Mr. Daniel L. Bell presented the
plan of an organization to be known
as “Highway No. 75 Association.”
The plan was adopted and a commit
tee consisting of E. D. Nall, W. S.
Robinson, A. H. Powell, Jas. L. Griffin
I and M. E. Newsome, was appointed
tp make a report on the adopted plan.
While the committee was deliberat
ing on the plan Mr. Siler suggested
that Maj. McLendon, of Durham,
make an informal address. He com
plied with an eloquent appeal for the
construction of route 75 which, he
stated, formed the only practical and
logical route fror the connection of
the north and south by highway and
at the same time offered the most eco
nomical and direct way.
The committee made its report fav
oring the forming of an organization
to be known as “Highway No. 75 As
sociation” with Daniel L. Bell as pre
sident, W. A. Crabtree, of Sanford,
vice-president, and C. B. Griffin, of
Chapel Hill, as secretary and treasur
er. The report was unanimously
adopted and the meeting was closed
by the reading, by Mr. Bell, of the
following resolutions;
“Be it resolved by the Highway No.
75 Association: First, That we do
most heartily endorse and approve
the proposition to build a hard-sur
faced road from the northern limits
of the town of Pittsboro to the Lee
county line and thence to Sanford.
“Second, That we do respectfully
urge Hon. John Sprunt Hill, District
Highway Commissioner, to let the con
tract for the construction of this high
way immediately.”
Spent Day at Lakeview.
Pittsboro young folks had a big day
at Lakeview Friday. Amon| those
who enjoyed the trip from here were i
Misses Jennie Connell, Miriam Chap-;
in, Emily Taylor, Pauline Taylor, Bur
well Patterson, Corda Harmon, Eliza
I beth Chapin, Laura Barclay, Emily
Thompson and Margaret Womble.
J Messrs. June Peoples, Wm. Hunt,
j Henry May, Wilford Headen, of Siler
City, Harry Norwood, E. G. Norwood
! and J. D. Edwards.
Chaperones: Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Thompson and Mrs. Myers.
| The party reached Pittsboro on their I
j return about 1 o’clock after spending
; the day boat riding, bathing and danc
ing.
Services were held at the convict
camp, near Roscoe, Sunday evening.
Prayer and songs were led by I. W
Durham.
Courtships are said to be long in
the Arctic where an Eskinfb has to
twist his tongue around “Univgssaer
ntuinalfinajuanjuarisguejak” when he
wishes to tell an Eskimiss that he
loves her.—Springfield Union.
BUILD A BOMBNOW!
SIX CASES TYPHOID FEVERr
Eleven Cases in Two Families—Warm
ing is Given.
Raleigh, July 16.—Six cases of ty
phoid fever among the members of
one family in Union county and five
cases among the children of a Cleve
land county family reported to ♦he
State Board of Health, has called
forth a warning from the board that
the typhoid season is just beginning,
and that every precaution against this
preventable disease should be taken
during July, August and September,
when illness from this cause reaches
its peak.
In both instances of family epide
mics the disease has attacked children.
Union county family is one of negroes
with the youngest of the sick children
a baby of three years, and the eldest
a boy of sixteen. The Cleveland coun
ty family is a while one with the
youngest victim six years of age and
the eldest 17 years.
Experience of the health officials
has demonstrated that annually the
tphoid rate, both case and death, ris
es with the warm weather and the in
crease of house flies, considered the
greatest factor in the transmission of
germs of typhoid and other intestin
al diseases. Each year for the past
ten years the typhoid rate has been
consistently lowered in North Carolina
until last year the total number of
deaths for the first time since accur
ate statistics have been kept, drop
ped under 300, being 298.
GUM SPRINGS HAPPENINGS.
Pittsboro, Rt. 2, July 17.—Mr. R.
L. Hackney has returned home after
spending a week with his sister, Mrs.
F. K. King.
Mr. Lee Wright, of Carrboro, visit
ed his parets, Mr. and Mrs. nJ. T._
Wright.
Mrs. Mattie Ellington, of Durham,
is on a visit to her son, J. R. Elling
ton.
Miss Elizabeth Wright spent a few
days last week with relatives here.
Messrs. Dwight Ray and Hubert
Wright, of Carrboro, were pleasant
callers here Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Carl Ellington spent the week
end with his mother, Mrs. Mattie El
lington.
Mrs. William Carter spent a few
days last week jvith her mother, Mrs.
E. C. Cheek.
Mr. Luther Mann and family visit
ed at ”F. K. King’s Sunday.
Mrs. Lorena Whitaker and sons
spent Saturday and Sunday at Mon
cure visiting Mrs. Ex.
Campbell.
Mr. E. C. Cheek, of Carrboro, spent
the week-end at home.
Mr. Romie G. Cheek visited his fa
ther, Mr. E. C. Cheek Sunday.
SHATTUCKS ROAD WORKED.
Effort for Eight Months School at
Moncure—Local.
Corinth, July 16.—We are very glad
indeed to see what seems to be some
l real substantial work being done on
l the Shattucks Creek bottom road.
, Gravel and cinders six or eight inches
■ deep is being used to top it with and
l should if carried out the bad places
, put this important road in good shape
• for the 'winter. , This is good news for
j those who are to send children to
» Moncure school on the county vTuck
[ this winter.
We have had a few good showers,
l plenty of wind and lightning, but oh
. this 100 in the shade heat that gets
us.
Mr. W. H. Fields and family spent
i Sunday with relatives at Sanford. ,
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Clark spent Sun
. day with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wilson
f at Broadway.
: The rain Monday night drowned out
. the Chautauqua meeting at Brickhav
r en. But this will be called lated on.
I Mr. and Mrs. M, I. Ellis, of Siler
‘ City, Spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs,
S. W. Harrington. ' tdE
Roy Buchanan, of Raleigh, was at
> home for over Sunday.
. Miss Fannie Tutor, of Raleigh, vis
. ited relatives and friends at Corinth
5 Sunday.
, Now that the school truck from
Truth, Corinth and Brickhaven to
■ Moncure is a certainty let’s all pull
5 now for an 8-months school for the
lower grades left at each of the above
places. We can if we just think so.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Woodall, of
Raleigh, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Woodall.
The big boll weevil got his cotton
and the hungry army worm got his
| corn so Vesta Dickens has moved into
I town where he can see the cars go by,
I is “at home” in the house just va
cated by A. E. Rollins.
Muskrats must be rather plentiful
and exceedingly bold over in the flat
woods section. A. M. Cotten says he
went out one day to scare them out of
i his corn. When they saw him coming
| each rat grabbed a stock of com and
J made for the creek bank as Mr. Cot
ten closed in the rats dropped a few
I corn stocks across his path and caused
, him to trip and fall head long into the
i creek. Strange if true!
Closes August 15.
On and after August 15th our offer
for a Sanford fountain pen will come
to an end. We have given many of
these pens away and hope all those
that want one will get busy and send
in the $6.00 in subscriptions and se
cure one before the close of the of
fer. The only condition is that they
must be new subscriptions and can
be for six months or a year, just so
the total amount is $6. The pen is
a beauty and is well worth the effort
it takes get ose,
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