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The Chatham Record e 7tABLIS h E° SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. MEETING 8 HOAD COMMISSIONERS , Many BiUs For August Accounts. i commissioners met in reg- Iheroa „ on Monday, September “ Ur the following busing, part pay roll, S3OO. f r anK b ‘ it ’ $75.50. August salary $52.00 f r^ h jones P lumber, labor on bridge 4- 9 \ f Scott, oil and gas $42.20. ? ’ W Hideli, bolts SI.OO. v. CunaP ’pich viaclune Co., gas and Hllis-’ve/ca six days labor $12.00. iiuck august .'.a.ary s<o. I f WiltX’fd hours on bridge slnoo. August salary $75.00. ",‘J. 'wiison. three-fourths month n fy Idrews,' August salary $75. t' n Wilson, four days work SB.OO. W.' Burke, one-half days work si & Pwers, h< ? UrS 00 v m nee dav s work, S2.OU. gG* Phillips, 7 day’s work sl4 00. H E Stewart 11 days work $22. Rov Phillips, day s woik $2.00. wV Crutchfield, shop work $12,42. Connell & aFrrell, supplies for road 7 imme, lumber for bridge ?5 f J. Dark, gas $36.80. B M. Mclver, lumber and labor Milloway Smith, 2 days work $4 o °. Otis Hamlet, 2 day’s work $4.00. Birch Phillips, day and half work iJ j°V Harmon, pay roll $401.92. L D. Johnson, August salary, re pairs and freight $91.00. D C. Beard, August salary $60.00. Geo. H. Brooks, Jr., 25 days work, H. Brooks, Jr., board at Brickhaven $4.50. C. C. Hamlet, 6 days service as commissioner $30.00. C. C. Hamlet, 2 months secretary $30.00. , ~ C. C. Hamlet, freight $5.40. J. W. Harmon, August salary $125 J. W. Harmon freight and express §2,52. W. S. Dorman Hardware Co., dyna mite $45.15. Moffitt Iron Works, bridge mater ial $49.69. John C. Lewis, stump puller and cable 5232.00. C. B. Firts, freight $13.64. E. E. Wilson, 4 days service as com missioner $20.00. E. E. Wilson 125 miles traveled $6.25. Dr. R. M. Stockard, service road stock $25.00. J. C. Benjamin, grading blades $15.00. Brooks & Eubanks, roofing $6.38. Goldston garage, gas and oil $29.12. J. T. Mills & Bro., gas, etc. $19.15. Standard Oil Co., August statement $142.73. Thrailkill & Bro., gas and oil $17.00. Chatham Hardware Co., gas, oil and dynamite $190.00. J. H. White, shop wrork $4.50. Petty & White, shop work $13.45. Dillon Supply Co., bolts and wash ers $9.99. J- S. Mann, gas $12.19. BYNUM LOCAL AND PERSONALS Bynum, Sept. 17.—Mr. and Mrs. C. ).• ea l and Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. y ea l are in Wilmington for a few days. Mrs. T. M. Bland, of Pittsboro, was siting Mrs. C. W. Neal last week. Ke y . and Mrs. Earnhardt of Dur -55®, v , lsite( l the home of Rev. J. R. towards last week. till r ' a , nd rs * I ra Foushes spent Mv \ e . ek ; end w ith their daughter, /• Dark, of Roscoe. r and w^e from Moncure, Grace Undley. afternoon with Miss N^r'5 ar J WiHiams, of Washington, “tL ™P ar ents here Sunday, be hii i d Maids Convention,” will rium f ne Bynum school audito- lock A d f y - beginning at The m?; A , dmi ssion 15 and 25 cents. °f the ? ed ? W BI go for the benefit come Tr un l da Y school. Everybody are eVe e ac belors and widowers especially invited. POLLY. district federation meeting ! T'- district «?v al , meetin g of the fifth °f Carolina Federation Hamlet ? & nS. l, ? s wil l. be held at School * n tbe High; Oman’s rinw? 1 ’ with the Hamlet hos 5 i r i. E - A - Lackey -| President nfS' derman > of Raleigh, 1 Mrs. Thomn Federation and ■ virS « 0 Berry, of Goldsboro, j Slfn 611 - 1 of the State^ H\ addrSAi : be ln attendance and Itis ,n.? S ,^ ls meeting. H° n clubfin 11 ? 1 a ll bome demonstra tions to tv dlstri . ct send lar ge Mrfii i hls meeting. • P. HORTON, President, _ Fifth District. ' 6 a thanksgiving Dinner. Missionary Society of dinner S tbTL SeU 5 Thanks -i ; • Horton L Y^ e home of M rs. W. ! Lw- hel P ra ise funds for y for the church. CHATHAM COUNTY FAIR OCTOBER 16,17,18 AND 19 Smith’s Greater Shows Recently at Mebane, Will be on Hand. The Chatham county fair will be bigger and getter this year than ever. It is expected that more than thirty thousand people will be in Siler City to visit the fair this year. The program is of exceptional merit and the arrangements have all been completed. The midway program will be an important factor this year. Smith’s Greater Shows, which recently exhibited at Mebane and delighted ev eryone, will constitute this attraction. Last year the attendance was about twenty-five thousand. This year with proper conditions, the management of the fair is confident that this num ber will be greatly eclipsed. The fair will be held October 16 to 19. Get ready for the season is right on hand. It is now time to be getting ready with things you are to exhib it. We realize part of this prepara tion and planning was done months ago but it is now time to begin to assem ble those exhibits and be ready. Exhibitions at the fair is just like anything else, if it is done at all it should be done right. Don’t forget the changes in the cat alogue. On page 27 Nos. 167 and 168, best bull and best cow prizes are $lO , each, instead of grand championship. All old soldiers free. All inmates of . county home free and all school chil dren free the first day. Ford touring car will be given away on the afternoon of October 19th, at 4 o’clock p. m. Be there with your coupons. A SNAPPY GAME OF BASEBALL. Fuquay Springs came over to Pitts boro Wednesday of last week to beat our local team, but they didn’t do it. , Although it looked at one time when, in the seventh and last inning, play ; ed by agreement, and Fuquay had two runs lead of Pittsboro, that they ; were going to carry out their threat, but when Pittsboro came in on its last half of the seventh, they didn’t, do a thing with the ball but knock it away and three runs were soon made which ended the game. How : many more they would have made in that inning is not known. It was the snappiest game that has been played in Pittsboro this sea son and the number of people there the smallest. One, of the defects in I the game was the wet ground, caused from the rain during the early morn ing and the overflow of the grounds from the creek during the heavy rain storm the Friday night before. This [ made the ground in bad condition for good playing. [ But it was a good game, neverthe less, and Pittsboro is pround of its i team. A CHANGE IN° MANAGEMENT . Ladies Take Over Hotel Hadley in Siler City—Other Local News. [ Siler City, Sept. 18.—Lane and Stone ginned the first two bales of cotton in this section. The fleecy sta | pie was grown by Bernice White and A. E. Braswell of Hickory Mt. and was of good quality. They received 26 cents a pound. . F. M. Hadley after having con ducted the hotel at this place for the past sixteen years, has leased the . property to Mrs. A. A. Wagner and . her sister, Mrs. Ada Smith, who have r been engaged in the hotel business sufficiently to assure the traveling i public of their efficiency. Willie Jones, of Sanford, has ac ■ cep ted a position as clerk at the hotel. Dr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Long, of Greensboro, were guests at the hotel ; here recently. , Dewey Harris has returned from Norfolk, to his home near Kimbolton. , He was called to Norfolk on account : of the critical illness of his brother, Lacy Harris, who recently under , went an operation for appendicitis. The young man is now on the road to recovery. BOOSTER TRAIN IS COMING. A special train will leave Raleigh on Wednesday, October 3rd, going to Wake Forest, Youngsville, Frankiinton Kittrell, Henderson, Oxford, Creed moor, Aberdeen Durham, Apex, New Hill, Merry Oaks, Moncure, Pittsboro, Sanford, So. Pines, for the purpose of boosting the Fair. The train will reach Pittsboro on the night of the third at 4:55 and re i main here for 45 minutes. It will con sist of baggage car, flat car and two coaches. A band will accompany the party and will enliven the atmosphere ! with latest song hits. The train will have two full days j tour, returning to Raleigh on October 4th at 9:10 in the evening. WITH MR. BROWER. # Mr. Henry T. Hardee, Rembert, S. C., has accepted a position with Mr. C. L. Brower, as head clerk for the C. L. Brower Co., in Siler City. Mr. Hardee is an experienced salesman of ahilitv and will be glad to have the friends of the store call and get ac quainted. Why buy nitrogen when a field of legumes will gather some for you this winter? PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1923. GOLDSTON SCHOOL OPENS TWO NICE PHIZES OFFERED The Teachers and Plans for The Com ing Term. Goldston, Sept. 14.—0 n Monday morning, September 10th, the Gold ston school opened with an enroll ment of 160 students. A goodly num ber of the citizens w*ere present and many of them made short talks. Plans are on foot now to make Goldston an accredited high school. With the aid of the State and county and the school cooperating, a library fund has been established which will secure books for the new library. The school has also been assured of getting a laboratory. Another teacher has been added to the high: school. He is expected to take up his j duties in a short time. Since the re- j quirements have been met for the li- I brary, the laboratory, the laboratory, equippment and another teacher, our school at Goldston is now assured of j being a standard high school. The faculty for this term consists of Mr. W. H. Tyler, principal; Mr. C. D. Phillips, of Charleston, S. C., Miss Nettie Johnson, Miss Margaret Bar ber, Miss Grace Burke, and Mrs. W. H. Tyler. Mr. Tyler has offered two prizes. The first to the student in the ninth grade who writes the best story, con taining not over 600 words. Any sub ject may be chosen. This prize is for $5.00. The second prize is for $7.00 and is offered to the student in the eleventh grade who may write the best article on current topics or past ! history. This subject must not contain over 1000 words. Any student in Chatham county, in the ninth and eleventh grades, is eligible to com pete for the prizes. All papers must be completed by Wednesday before Thanksgiving day, and the awards will be made by January Ist, 1924. These prizes offered by Mr. Tyler are an enlargement of the proposition made by him last year at the Chat ham County Fair. This is a new prop osition and supercedes the one made | last year. Judges and other details relating to the prizes will be announc ed in The Record later. REPORTER. PERSONALS FROM OAKLAND. Moncure, Rt. 2, Sept. 18.—Mr. and Mrs. Aubrev Goldston. and child v en 9 formerly of White Lake, now of San ! ford, spent the week-end in this com munity with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Burns ar-d son Bruce, soent Sundav in Carthage with 1 her brother. Mr. Fletcher Gilmore. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clegg, Sr., are 1 ! spending sometime with relatives in ‘ Orange and Alamance counties. W. M. Bums and family visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Har -1 ris Sunday. Messrs Jimmie Burns and Charlie , Oakley, of Burlington, were week end visitors in the home of C. M. Eddins. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Knight, of San ford, and Mrs. C. J. Knight visited Mr. 1 and Mrs N A Perry Sunday Mrs C E Bland and children spent last Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. 1 W. M. Bums. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clegg and chil dren and Miss Lizzie Clegg visited J in the home of W. C. Henderson Sun day. I Miss Irene Bums returned to Rich i mond Friday after spending some time with her parents. Mr. Luther Clegg, of Durham, > spent the week-end in this community. [ Misses Gladys Maze, Emma Lee [ Knight and Stacie Eddins, and Messrs j Charlie Oakley, Robert and George i Bums, and George May were callers : in the home of Mr. Victor Bums Sun day afternoon. > Jamie Perry has gone to Chapel , Hill to work. Miss Mary Gunter spent Saturday night with Miss Kathryn Knight. T A Bums and family returned to L their home in Siler City Friday after spending some time with relatives in ; this community Mr. Jack F. Bums, who has been with the Phoenix Utility Co., at Mon cure, visited in the home of W. M. Burns last week and has how gone to work near Fayetteville, 'f ENDORSE MR. LOCKWOOD The Republican Executive Commit tee of Mathews township, met last Friday morning in Siler City and among other business they drafted resolutions endorsing the Hon. George B. Lockwood as candidate lor vice president of the United states on the Republican ticket next year. Mr. Lockwood is editor of the Nat ional Republican, published in Wash ington, D. G, but he is from Indiana. He is a very able man and would, no doubt, fit in as a candidate for pres ident as well as he would for vice president in the party he repiesents- Lr-ter Mr. Lo-lfwood will probably be indorsed bv the entire Republican party of Chatham, county. GET A FORD CAR AT THE FAIR. To every one that sends us their renewal promptly or subscribes to the Record now, between now and the date of the Chatham County Fair, to be neld in Siler City on October 16 to 19. we will give a coupon, good at the drawing of the Ford car. This under taking has cost the Record a good sum of money and we are hoping that a Record reader will get the car. Miss Louise Petty is visiting rela tives and friends in Durham. PREACHER BOONE PRAISED. DELIVERS A FINE CF BMON Cc r* Preaches Powerful Serir §■ Sunday Night in Pittsh A ■ ’. X O*’ Archbishop Whaley oj ss~ jaid: “If my faith is wroi V am bound to change it; if it is rs lam bound to propagate it.” J We had occasion ntly to state that Rev. J. J. Bor pastor of the Pittsboro circuit w n able preach er, a good man ar true Christian; preaching a plain gospel and living it just as he preached it. The fact that he is a free thinker, a plain, open ! and fearless preacher, has awarded him a few adverse critics, but every • one who has any religion at all, those I who are sincere in their Christian be- I liefs realize that Mr. Boone is a pow ! erful man and will respect and honor • him after the best opportunity has passed for doing so. | Sunday night last Mr. Boone de i livered a sermon in the Methodist church in Pittsboro, having for his subject the commandment calling for the observance of the Sabbath day. I It was both timely and well deliv ered and church members who are j inclined to be true to their church and their religion, realize that Mr. Boone was right. The preacher made plain remarks about the violation of the Sabbath day in Pittsboro, the town commis sioners having recently passed a res olution allowing the garages and ser vice stations to sell gasoline and oils on Sunday, except during the hours of morning worship. He commanded rapt attention during his discourse and the membership of the churches were impressed, seeing the matter in a light that they had never before assumed. It was a gcoJ, old fashioned sermon and will have its effect long years to come. The church being well attended by many young folks, they gave the preacher’s words close attention. The Record criticised the act of the commissioners at the time and we announced later that Mayor A. C. Ray called a meeting of the board and reg istered a protest at the resolution, he having been absent when it was pass ed, but the board failed to rescind the order. We have never had any desife to be dictatorial. We had rath er have the friendship of everyone than the ill-feeling of a single person, but we believe it is against the best interests of Pittsboro and Chatham county to sell gas on Sunday, aside from the fact that it is a violation of the law of God. In days gone by we have made the mistake of laboring on Sunday. Being employed on daily papers in this state, it was a neces sity to hold a position to do it, aud even when it was not a necessity, we have broken the commandment. We do it no more, and Mr. Boone’s discourse greatly enhanced our determination. D. L. Moody once said. “Some men are afraid of being too religious. What we need today is men who be lieve down deep in their soul what they profess. The world is tired and sick of sham. Let your whole heart be given up to God’s service. Aim ; high. God wants us all to be His Am bassadors. It is a position higher than that of any monarch on earth to be J a herald of the cross; but you must j be filled with the Holy Ghost. A great j many people are afraid , to be filled with the Spirit of God—afraid of be | ing called fanatics. You are not good »| for anything until the world considers ■ : you a fanatic. Fox said that every ! | Quaker ought to shake the country ; , ten miles around. What does the 1 j scriptures say ? ‘One shall chase a ! thousand, and two shall put ten ■ thousand to flight.’ It takes about a thousand to chase one now. It takes about a thousand Christians to make one decent one now. Why? Because ’ they are afraid of being too religious. What does this world want today ? 1 i Men —men that are out and out for • God, and not half-hearted in their al legiance and service.” ITEMS FROM GUM SPRINGS. Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Sept. 18.—Misses Lois Perry and Blanche Cheek, who are attending school at Chapel Hill, spent the week-end at home. Mr. Charlie Lutterloh ard family have returned from a visit to his brother in Arkansas. Miss Pauline and Left Wright, of Carrboro, spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wright. Mr. Rufus Ellington and Miss Mag gie Ellington spent Sunday in Carr boro with his daughter, Miss Mary Ellington, who is sick* with typhoid fever. Misses Elizabeth v Herndon, Betsy Wright and Leona Eubanks spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Blanche Cheek. Miss Pauline Wright entered school at Chapel Hill last Monday. Messrs Lee Wright, John Herndon and Jeter Ellington motored to Ral eigh Saturday afternoon. Another Family Reunion. Mrs. Henry A. London has had an other family reunion since our last issue. Mrs. W. H. Bagley and Mrs. Belle Bagley and Miss Ethel Bagley, of Washington City, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jerome, of Clayton, N. C., Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mr. Frank Dan iels, Mrs. Haywood White, Mrs. J. H. Cordon and Jimmie Cordon, of Ral eigh, Mrs. J. H. Fell and little Sal- Ija London Fell, of Trenton, New Jersey. Mrs. Fell is now visiting her mother SILER CITY SCHOOL I OPENS MONDAY, 24TH Payment For Outside Students—Fall Session Open Next Monday. Siler City, Sept. 18. —At a meeting of the school board Friday night many matters pertaining to the opening of the school on September 24th were considered. Plans were made for com pleting the several unfinished tasks which must be accomplished before the opening. It was ordered that pupils outside the local district below the high school will be entered on paying tuition for the full term at the rate of $2.00 per month for grades one to four, inclu sive and $3.00 per month for grades five to seven, inclusive. Those who have passed the seventh grade exami nations and enter the high school, outside the district, will pay tuition for two months at the rate of $4.00 per month for the eighth and ninth grades and $5.00 per month for the tenth and eleventh grades. All tui tion will be payable in advance. It was further ordered that a fee of $2.00 per year be charged all stu i dents taking the science courses with laboratory work. ; All pupils outside the local district i who expect to enter the lower grades • or the high school should see the prfn . cipal and be registered at once. This • does not apply to non-local students ; who were in school last year. i School books will be on sale at the store of Wrenn Brothers and there ‘ will be very few changes in the text ‘ books. The fifth and seventh grade : histories will be changed. There are I hundreds of good second-hand books > in the district that can be bought at ! half price thus saving parents consid > erable money. The faculty for the coming session ! is as follows: S. J. Husketh, superintendent— -1 geometry, physical geography, civics. Hugh L. Stone, principal—tenth and eleventh, mathematics and his | tory. ! Mrs. C. O. Small —ninth grade, lat j in, history, algebra. ; Miss Flossie Siler —eighth, english and science. Miss Elizabeth Ferguson—eighth, ! english and science. ; Mrs. Olive B. Webster — seventh, and ’ librarian. Miss Annie Lambe—sixth. ; Miss Julia Barclay—Fifth. Mrs. J. E. Fox—Fourth. ; Mrs. W. C. Teague—third. Miss Zola Stone —second. Miss Berta Fox—A. first and B, ‘ second. Miss Thelma Speir—first. ! Miss Emily Thompson—piano and J public school music. : BURIED IN CHATHAM COUNTY ■ -o ; Brief News Items From Our Neigh bors at Siler City. \ Siler City, Sept. 17.—Mrs. Lexy ■ Bray, who was before her marriage i Miss Ollie Dixon, daughter of the late i Nathan Dixon, died on Saturday after t noon at a Greensboro hospital follow t ing a serious operation. I The body was brought to Coleridge • for burial on Sunday at 11 o’clock, I the deceased having been reared near 3 that place. Surviving are her husband, j several children, her mother, one i brother and two sisters. ; His many friends are glad to know i that Max Greene is improving at a l hospital in Greensboro, where he re i cently underwent an operation. 3 J. S. Dorsett, Dan Dorsett, W. s T. Dorsett and J. D. Dorsett spent ; a few days last week visiting relatives . in Hillsboro, Saxapahaw and Chapel ’ Hill. r Those attending the funeral here -of Mrs Senia Dorsett were her son, Sam Dorsett, of Spencer, Rev. H. G. Dorsett, of Chapel Hill, Sam T Dor sett, of Washington, D. C., Jas. D. Dorsett, Jr., H. W. Holt, Thurmond ! Holt, Messrs Beaver, Bradford, Trox > ler and Baker, of Spencer. There was 1 also present the old servant, Pink Hoover, who has for many years served the family of the deceased. Miss Mary Greene, of Atlanta, was a recent visitor here, having been called- on account of the serious ill ness of her brother, Max Greene. NEW COTTON COMING IN. Ney Cotton is coming in pretty freely, ’fhe first new bale of the sea son received in Pittsboro, reached here last Friday. W. L London & Son were the buyers, paying 27 cents a pound for the fleecy staple. Some of this new cotton was ginned by J. T. Harris near Kimbolton and some of it by Womble Brothers. The Chatham Oil Co., ginned their ’ first bale on Saturday morning, and the way loads of cotton are being hauled in this week, somebody is hav ing something to do. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank all who rendered services to us in the sickness and death of our dear husband and father Mrs. J. A. ELKINS, and CHILDREN. ' Bear Creek, N. C., Sept. 15, 1923. ] Mr. and Mrs. John R. Goodwin and ' little son, Lewis and little Ada Eliza beth, called at the Record office SM urday, while enroute to visit reia- ; tives in New Hope township. GETS SURPRISE DINNER ON HER63RDBIRTHDAY News Items of interest From Our Bear Creek Neighbors. Bear Creek, Rt. 2, Sept 18.—Mes srs J. A. Evans and John Mathews, of Fayetteville, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coggins and family of Hallison, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Moody, of Durham, were visitors in the home of W. A. Coggins during the week-end. Miss Emma Burke was carried to a hospital in Durham for an opera tion. We are glad to state that she is recovering very nicely. The following were week-end visit ors in the home of E. J. Mclver: Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Phillips, Emma Phil lips and Mary Overman, of Swepson ville, Mr. and Mrs. Walsie Fox, of Siler City, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Mclver and children, Kathleen and Ima, of Greensboro. Ralph Moore has been visiting rela tives in Greensboro I. P. Coggins is off this week sell ing guano. Mrs. S. E Oldham, of Graham, is visiting her father, J. W. Phillips. Mr. J. T. Willett and Mrs. M. E. Saunders, of Raleigh, were recent vis itors in the home of J. D. Willett. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Smith went to Greensboro Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs J. H. Snipes and chil dren, Lawson, Robert, Alma and Mrs. W. D. Thomas motored to Benaja last Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Snipes’ daughter, Mrs. D. E. Trant ham, of that place. Mr. and Mrs Morton Hough, of Charlotte, are visiting relatives near* Bear Creek. E. J. Mclver has been on the sick list for a few days. In writing the piece last week in memory of the late J. A. Elkins, this correspondent through an oversight, did not state that he joined Corinth (now Goldston) M E church in boy hood, but in later years moved his membership to Meronies Methcd'st church, where he remained a faith ful member until his death. The fun* eral services were held at Goldston, Thursday afternoon, Sept. 6th, being conducted by his pastor, Rev. E. C. Sell The children and friends of Mrs. H. W (Fannie) Murray, gave her a sur prise birthday dinner Sunday, Sept. 9th More than 100 were present io enjoy this occasion, which was her 63rd birthday. She has been tv. Le married and both husbands are d?M. She was first married to T. M. John son and her second husband was Li. W. Murray’, who died in 19i6. All r port a fine day. The following from a distance attended: L. T. Johnson, of Maxton, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Joh > son, of Greensboro Mr and Mrs. Be - nie Phillips and family of Glendon, T. H. Johnson of Maxton, Mr. and Mis. J. B. Murray and Bessie Murray, <f Greensboro, and possibly others. Late in the afternoon the crowd dispersed, wishing Mrs. Murray many more happy birthdays, PHIL. REV. MATTHEWS AT SILER CITY. Big Tent Meeting Being Largely At tended and Enjoyed. The tent at the Matthews meeting being held in Siler City, continues to be well filled at each service, and all who attend are enjoying the splendid preaching of Rev. C. H. Mathews. Everybody is invited to go and hear this good man preach. The meeting will be in progress for three weeks from its beginning and two services will be held daily in the afternoon and at night. During his meeting at Goldston re cently, it is estimated that Mr. Mat thews preached to an audience of at least three thousand people at one of he services. All who go to Siler City will be highly pleased with the preach ing. : ' * _ Mr. J J. White is with Mr. Mat thews and is singing in the meeting. The meeting began under favorable conditions in Siler City and a large audience was present at each of the services Monday. The attendance is increasing at each service. Good Guessing. A cigarette manufacturer placed a jar of beans in the grocery store window of C. H. Lindley one day last week and offered three prizes in cig arettes to the one guessing the near est correct number of beans ’in the jar The jar held 4,961 beans. Mr. Lee Farrell won the first prize of 400 cig arettes. He guessed 4,999. Sam GriffLi was next, 5,000 and received 300 cig arettes, and Lassie Sturdivant was third geting 200 cigarettes, his guess being 5,013. The funny thing about it is, not one of the three smoke cig arettes. ( Card of Thanks. Mr and Mrs. G. H. O’Brien and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Christian desire to return their thanks to the c’tizens of Pittsboro in general and Mrs. J. T. Henderson and Dr. W. B. Chapin in particular for their kindness during their sad bereavement. Went on Picnic. The Junior class of the Baptist Sunday school left Tuesday for Lake wood Bark, near Durham, on a picnic. The teachers, Mrs. H. T. Chapin and Mrs. R. R. Gordon accompanied them. Hon. A. C. Ray went to Carthage yesterday where he appears in a big land suit in his old home county. NUMBER 15.